What to Read After Contemporary linguistics
Readers who loved Contemporary linguistics by William O'Grady keep reaching for these 14 books. This list is built from where Contemporary linguistics is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Contemporary linguistics
The Cambridge encyclopedia of language
Words and Rules
Chomsky's universal grammar
Language
An introduction to historical linguistics
An introduction to sociolinguistics
Historical linguistics
An Introduction to Language
Language Myths
Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
Speech and language processing
How Languages Are Learned
Sociolinguistics
Quiet