Diversify the reading list: Student book choices' by

What's your choice?

2020-01-27 12:29:54 UTC

Bagsy your choice, see what others have picked, and discuss ideas on this board! You can add links, photos, film, whatever you like. Just click the 'plus' below!

Decolonise UKC

2020-01-28 14:27:57 UTC

This is a link to the manifesto published by students at Kent last year, with more information on the importance of having reading lists that reflect the diversity of the student body, and why having all-white readings lists is particularly harmful.

Resources to try

2020-01-28 14:30:20 UTC

This links to a set of resources like publishers who specialise in books from under-represented groups. You might find something suitable here (make sure it's about grammar!).

Words and Rules by Stephen Pinker

2020-02-08 12:08:54 UTC

Isabella Bonnett

Markedness Theory by Edna Andrews

2020-02-10 12:36:35 UTC

Antonia Gentgen

Modern Rapanui Adaptations of Spanish elements by Miki Makahara

2020-02-10 13:25:55 UTC

Celestine Eastwood

Advanced English Grammar: A Linguistic Approach by Ilse Depraetere

2020-02-14 13:24:12 UTC

Marie Rawding

Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality by Lal Zimman

2020-02-16 16:32:04 UTC

Rufus Irvine

Hi everyone!

2020-02-18 17:23:00 UTC

I have found a very interesting article about a 10th grammar of Latin, but written in English.
The topic is fascinating, the article is easy to read and to understand. It has got lots of Old English example (they are explained, don't worry), which I really like.
The author, although she does not belong to a minority group, is a very interesting person. She is a great swimmer, and swam from Texas to Mexico (across the border) across the Armistad Reservoir. It took her 6 hours! She did that to raise awareness for the refugee crisis in America and to raise fund for a charity that helps migrants.
If you would be interested in reading the article, I can give you the reference (it is available from JSTOR).

Sorry, I forgot to write the actual title and my name.

2020-02-18 17:42:50 UTC

The post about the 10th century grammar is by Sophie Schmidt

The title of the article is Aelfric's English Grammar, by Melinda Menzer

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

2020-02-19 12:02:27 UTC

It's probably not the usual choice for a linguistics module but this novel has a very interesting view on Creole people and their language.

Elena Neumeister

Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: An American Grammar Book

2020-02-26 17:34:09 UTC

Arianna Wallbank

Wordslut: A femminist Guide to taking back the English language by Amanda Montell

2020-03-03 20:21:53 UTC

Alice King

Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English Usage - Oliver Kamm

2020-03-04 15:08:50 UTC

Megan Fuller

The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed by Karen Elizabeth Gordon

2020-03-04 19:21:26 UTC

Kasia Urbaniak

The Unfolding of Language by Guy Deutscher (Israeli linguist)

2020-03-05 23:24:41 UTC

This book explores the evolution of language through time and how we ended up with the complex grammar systems of today. - Brooklyn Laver

Oxford guide to English grammar (Eastwood, J)

2020-03-06 12:00:25 UTC

This book is a must in every linguist library, given its careful elaboration by the renowned editorial Oxford University Press.

Grammatical roles and relations by F.R.Palmer

2020-03-08 16:30:01 UTC

Pui Yan Chan

Teaching English Grammar to Speakers of Other Languages

2020-03-10 11:38:58 UTC

Carly Sandrock

Urban Grammar Quick Fixes: What You Should Say And Why (Ashan R Hampton)

2020-03-12 12:12:31 UTC

A book dedicated to carefully correcting someone's grammar rather than using elitist methods to put people down.
Daisy Linge

Can Grammar Win Elections? (Caitlin M. Fausey and Teenie Matlock)

2020-03-12 18:56:53 UTC

Sarah Ansell

Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men

2020-03-12 21:42:31 UTC

Archie Bailey

Style and Intersubjectivity in Youth Interaction. Chapter 4. Grammar as Style (Dwi Noverini Djenar, Michael C. Ewing & Howards Manns)

2020-03-13 00:29:19 UTC

This chapter explores how use of certain, so called 'un-grammatical' word order in South East Asia helps to create identity for young Indonesians. - Beth Chapman

African Voices: An Introduction to the Languages and Linguistics of Africa (Vic Webb & Kembo-Sure)

2020-03-13 10:22:08 UTC

Alex Heardman

Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca (John McWhorter

2020-03-13 12:20:32 UTC

Because Internet - Gretchen McCulloch

2020-03-13 17:57:08 UTC

A book less about grammar itself and more about how research into different language varieties has taken place and how modern technology is changing this research. Also looks into differences between online and 'offline' Englishes.

The Liminal - Notes on Life, Race and Direct Provision in Ireland. Edited by Fiadh Melina

2023-01-22 14:34:45 UTC

Added by Niamh Synnott-Fluet
Direct Provision is the Irish Governments system for handling Asylum Seekers applications, while they are housed in Direct Provision Centres - often for decades. Some of their stories are included in this anthology.

Why White People Grammar Policing Black People is Racist by Allison Wiltz

2023-03-06 16:33:46 UTC

R.Crowder

“It just sounds proper common”: Exploring the social meanings expressed by nonstandard grammar by Emma Moore and Sarah Spencer

2023-03-13 14:31:28 UTC

Lucy Fisher

Discover Grammar - David Crystal

2023-03-13 22:30:28 UTC

Although this book is aimed at GCSE students, it has proven to be very helpful in understanding the basics of English grammar. It provides students with a solid foundation for further study.

BURNED, DWELLED, DREAMED: THE EVOLUTION OF A MORPHOLOGICAL AMERICANISM AND THE ROLE OF PRESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR WRITING.

2023-03-15 11:53:39 UTC

Social Class, the Nominal Group and Verbal Strategies - P.R. Hawkins

2023-03-16 12:41:21 UTC

This book explores how social classes use grammar predominantly working and middle class. It also investigates how and why they are different.
- Ella Hutchinson

Black Street Speak: Its History, Structure and Survival - John Baugh

2023-03-16 20:54:00 UTC

This book looks into Black street speak, ebonics. The linguistic structure of urban dialects of black African Americans that is seen across America in different social classes, having direct influence and effect of social and political forces upon these individuals.

Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe by Gaston Dorren

2024-01-26 14:59:05 UTC

through the language glass

2024-03-10 12:33:41 UTC

Guy Deutscher

Inside Language by Vivian Cook

2024-03-12 00:30:55 UTC