First Year Reading List - Linguistics

Note: 

• It is very important to get the edition that’s specified, not an earlier edition, unless otherwise stated.
• Further readings will also be provided via QMPlus during the semester. 

Semester 1 

LIN4208 Foundations of Language 

• Essentials of Linguistics, 2^nd edition. Open access textbook, available for free at this link: https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/essentialsoflinguistics2/

Note: Hard copies are available for short term loan from the QMUL library. This book is also available as an eBook through QMUL Library. 

LIN4207 Thinking Linguistics: Approaches to Writing and Analysis 

• No set book 

LIN4212 Phonetics I: Sounds of English 

• Ladefoged, Peter & Johnson, Keith (2015). A course in phonetics. Cengage. 7th Edition. 
• Any previous edition will work as well. 

Note: Available as an eBook for loan via QMUL library.  

Semester 2 

LIN4205 Language in the UK 

• Britain, David (2007) Language in the British Isles. Cambridge University Press. 

Note: Available for reference in the library. 

LIN4209 Syntax I: The Structure of English 

• No required text. 
• Optional reading: Carnie, Andrew (2012) Syntax: A generative introduction, 3rd edition. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell (available for reference in the library). 

LIN4210 Phonology I: Introduction to Sound Systems 

• Hayes, Bruce (2008). Introductory Phonology. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell 

Note: hard copies are available for short term loan from the QMUL library. This book is also available as an eBook through QMUL Library. 

LIN4211 Sociolinguistics: English in Use 

• Meyerhoff, Miriam. 2011. Introducing sociolinguistics, 2nd edition. London: Routledge. 

Note: Available for reference in the library. 

LIN4213 Typology I: Languages of the World 

• No set book