Re: Books
| From: | Doug Dee <amateurlinguist@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, July 31, 2003, 0:48 |
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In a message dated 7/24/2003 7:33:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
ianspackman@BTINTERNET.COM writes:
>And while I'm at it, are there any other books essential to the conlanger's
>bookshelf? (Not that I can afford many, but I can probably stretch to
>another one if sufficiently recommeded!
I can't think of anything really _essential_, but some books I'd recommend
are:
_Gender_ by Greville Corbett
_Number_ by Greville Corbett
_Case_ by Barry J. Blake
_Ergativity_ by RMW Dixon
(Assuming these categories are relevant to the conlangs you plan to
construct. If you definitely don't want a gender system, then skip that book.)
Also it would be good to have a book with short descriptions of natlangs for
inspiration. Say, _The World's Major Languages_ by Bernard Comrie or
something similar.
Doug
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