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The Linguistics Student's Handbook ReviewLaurie Bauer's THE LINGUISTICS STUDENT'S HANDBOOK is a compendium of information for those entering this academic pursuit that traditional textbooks don't explain so clearly. When I entered linguistics, I slowly learnt how to interpret the algebraic representation of sound change laws and syntax trees, how to write bibliographies, and glossing rules as I went along. Bauer presents all these little details in one handy book for the beginning undergraduate. Even I learned some new things here, such as the existence of Dania phonetic symbols and how some IPA symbols have been superseded.
The entire second half of the book is the "Language File", a listing of 280 languages that a student is likely to encounter in linguistics works. Now, this material can be useful in that each entry lists some of the noteworthy typological properties of the language, but I suspect that when many students encounter a language they're not familiar with, they'll be more comfortable just doing a Google search and winding up at Ethnologue or Wikipedia. Sadly, if it weren't for the Language File, than Bauer's work could have been a cheap pamphlet accessible to anyone. As it is, the book has been published at the full rate of a university press. I therefore can't really recommend it except to people who don't really worry about their budgets (and most undergraduates do fret about money).The Linguistics Student's Handbook OverviewThe book that tells you all the things you felt you were expected to know about linguistics, but were afraid to ask about. *What do you know about Burushaski and Miwok? *What's the difference between paradigmatic and syntagmatic? *What is E-language? *What is a language? *Do parenthetical and non-restrictive mean the same thing? *How do you write a bibiliographic entry for a work you have not seen? Every student who has asked these questions needs this book. A compendium of useful things for linguistics students to know, from the IPA chart to the Saussurean dichotomies, this book will be the constant companion of anyone undertaking studies of linguistics. Part reference work, part revision guide, and with tables providing summary information on some 280 languages, the book provides a new learning tool as a supplement to the usual textbooks and glossaries.

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