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An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics.

H.A. Gleason

H. A. Gleason's revised 1961 edition of Descriptive Linguistics, intended for curricula in diverse environments.

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On Being with Krista Tippett

This book served as a textbook for the interviewee when she was a linguistics student and was a major influence on her work, including the Wug Test. It was referenced as a key resource for understanding how language works from a descriptive, rather than philosophical perspective.

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It is the book that I read and used as a textbook as a student in linguistics.

— Episode: [Unedited] Jean Berko Gleason with Krist...

Episode: [Unedited] Jean Berko Gleason with Krista Tippett

This book served as a textbook for the interviewee when she was a linguistics student and was a major influence on her work, including the Wug Test. It was referenced as a key resource for understanding how language works from a descriptive, rather than philosophical perspective.

"

It is the book that I read and used as a textbook as a student in linguistics.

It's what I, when I made the Wug Test, it was his descriptions of how language works that I relied on, not something that came out of the more philosophical group.

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