Re: Good reads for the novice conlanger?

Quoting "Robert \"Neo\" Hill" <NeoVirus@...>:
>         I am starting work on the most ambitious language project of mine to
> date,
> and I would like some good reading for a person with no linguistic
> background. A few have made suggestions, but I have lost them in the sea of
> endless conlang messages ;). Any common books I may be able to pick up at
> the
> local library or used book store? Thanks in advance.
   "Describing Morphosyntax" by Thomas Payne is as close to a "conlang
cookbook" as you will get. Despite its overwhelming title, it was written as
something of a field guide to describing languages. It's only $20 or there
abouts, so if you have to order it online, it won't set you back much.
   :Peter