Structure Collection

These titles offer a description of language and its inherent organization. Some texts provide introductory discussions, while others present detailed analyses.

The objective is to obtain a modicum of familiarity with the terminology and concepts employed in the literature. A level of comfort and expertise in the topics below is of paramount importance to those involved in language teaching and research.

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Phonological

	A Practical Introduction to Phonetics (2001) Catford, J. C. Oxford University Press. 0199246351	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	A Course in Phonetics (2001) Ladefoged, P. A. Heinle & Heinle. 0155073192	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	The Phonological Structure of Words (2000) Ewen, C. J. and van der Hulst, H. Cambridge University Press. 0521350190	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	The Sounds of the World's Languages (1996) Ladefoged, P. A. and Maddieson, I. Blackwell. 0631198156	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Describing Spoken English: An Introduction (1997) Kreidler, C. W. Routledge 0415150957	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US

Lexical

	Implementing the Lexical Approach: Putting Theory into Practice (1997) Lewis, M. Language Teaching Publications. 1899396608	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Vocabulary: Description, acquisition, and pedagogy (1997) Schmitt, N. and M. McCarthy, eds. Cambridge University Press. 0521585511	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Learning Vocabulary in Another Language (2001) Nation, I. S. P. Cambridge University Press. 0521804981	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition: A Rationale for Pedagogy (1996) Coady J. and Huckin, T. Cambridge University Press. 0521567645	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Vocabulary in Language Teaching (2000) Schmitt, N. Cambridge University Press. 0521669383	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Words in the mind: An introduction to the mental lexicon (1997) Aitchison J. Blackwell. 0631232443	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Vocabulary Development (1998) Stahl, S. A. Brookline Books. 1571290729	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Teaching Collocation: Further follow-up to the Lexical Approach (2000) Lewis, M., ed. Language Teaching Publications. 189939611X	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Assessing vocabulary (2000) Read, J. Cambridge University Press. 0521627419	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US
	Vocabulary: Description, Acquisition and Pedagogy (1998) Schmitt, N. and McCarthy, M. Cambridge University Press. 0521585511	Purchase from: Amazon Japan Amazon US

Syntactic

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Semantic

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