Foundations Collection

These titles address the core of formal language study from diverse perspectives. Here you can find landmark texts from some of the most respected authors in the field of linguistics and its related disciplines.

The collection also includes works that cater to a general curiosity about language, its breadth and scope, its variety, its potential, its learnability, its complexity and beauty.

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Linguistics

	Linguistics (1996) Widdowson, H. G. Oxford University Press. 0194372065	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	The study of language. 2nd ed (1996) Yule, G. Cambridge University Press. 052156851X	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (1997) Crystal, D. Cambridge University Press. 0521559677	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Universal History of Linguistics (1991) Itkonen, E. John Benjamins Publishing Company. 9027245525	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Bilingualism (1995) Romaine, S. Blackwell Publishers. 0631195394	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Sociolinguistics (1998) Spolsky, B. Oxford University Press. 0194372111	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Sociolinguistics: An introduction to language and society. 4th ed (2000) Trudgill, P. Penguin. 0140289216	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Varieties of English (1995) Gass, S. M. and Lefkowitz, N. University of Michigan Press. 0472082922	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Discourse analysis: An introduction (1997) Georgakopoulou, A. and D. Goutsos. University of Edinburgh Press. 0748608346	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Approaches to Discourse (1994) Schiffrin D. Blackwell Publishers. 0631166238	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Cohesion in English (1976) Halliday M.A. and Hasan R. Longman 0582550416	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Pragmatics (1998) Yule, G. Oxford University Press. 0194372073	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US

Applied

	Sociolinguistics and language teaching (1996) McKay, S. L. and N. H. Hornberger, eds. Cambridge University Press. 0521484340	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Language as discourse : perspectives for language teaching (1994) McCarthy, M. and Carter, R. Longman. 0582084245	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Discourse and language education (1992) Hatch, E. M. Cambridge University Press. 0521426057	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Discourse and context in language teaching : a guide for language teachers (2000) Celce-Murcia, M. and Olshtain, E. Cambridge University Press. 0521648378	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Techniques and principles in language teaching. 2nd ed (2000) Larsen-Freeman, D. Oxford University Press. 0194355748	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US

Development

	Second language acquisition: An introductory course (1994) Gass, S. M. and L. Selinker. Lawrence Erlbaum. 0805804943	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Second language learning theories (1998) Mitchell, R. and F. Myles. Arnold. 034066312X	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Second language acquisition (1997) Ellis, R. Oxford University Press. 019437212X	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Linguistic perspectives on second language acquisition (1989) Gass, S. M. and Schachter, J. Cambridge University Press. 0521378117	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	How Languages Are Learned (1999) Lightbown, P. and Spada, N. Oxford University Press. 0194370003	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	The Discovery of Spoken Language (2000) Jusczyk, P. W. MIT Press. 0262600366	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Language Development: The Essential Readings (2001) Bates E. and Tomasello M. Blackwell Publishers. 0631217452	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Learning in Adulthood : A Comprehensive Guide (1998) Merriam, S. B. and Caffarella, R. S. Jossey-Bass. 0787910430	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Learning New Languages - A Guide to Second Language Acquisition (2001) Scovel, T. Heinle & Heinle Publishers. 083846677X	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US

Research

	SLA research and language teaching (1997) Ellis, R. Oxford University Press. 0194372154	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Research methods in language learning (1992) Nunan, D. Cambridge University Press. 0521429684	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Focus on the language classroom: An introduction to classroom research for language teachers (1991) Allwright, R. and K. M. Bailey. Cambridge University Press. 0521269091	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Understanding research in second language learning: A teacher's guide to statistics and research design (1988) Brown, J. D. Cambridge University Press. 0521315514	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US