stylz88

C'est bien dit! Thanx for encouragement! You have a positive energy and it will make your go far in this life.

Thank you very much for all the book suggestions. I really appreciate it!! I will def. be studying hard for one year and hopefully my GRE will be good enough to get accepted into graduate school. Any other comments on software that will be good for me to learn?

In class the professor gave us photocopy materials. I think they were from more than 1 textbook. We also did internet searches and wikipedia for writing articles on linguistic topics. But it is mostly applied linguistics for English study, everyone wants to speak English well to get a job. One of the visiting professor was from Australia and she taught a little generative grammar (I don't know which book). It was the first time our class studied it. She gave me good advice about graduate schools in U.S.A. where I have some relatives and I lived when I was little (grade school). She said it will be good for me to know more about the kind of linguistics that will be in graduate school, not only linguistics applied for English. So I decided to read about generative grammar, I hope I can learn some of it (in 1 year) and decide which graduate schools (later). So... that means I covered nothing in generative grammar yet! Thank you Lyra B for your answer.

Great! Thanks for the first step. I will definitely look for these! If anyone else has another suggestion for books, I am open to it. This has also led me to another question, For the students who are already admited for linguistics graduate program, what software programs you must know before entering graduate school? (Besides software like Word and Excel) Is there any special one that American students use in linguistics?

Hi I'm an international student and I want to buy good resources (books) that I need for my linguistics. (PHD or Master level) I have studied linguistics in my undergraduate and have top marks in my school. But here for linguistics we mostly apply to English language and I think I need to catch up to American students who are already studied generative grammar. What books will you recommend (university level) that I can read before going to a U.S. program? On the topic of generative grammar, phonology and also syntax. I want something like a university/graduate level book. If there is a book that all undergraduate students already know and read (and always referring to in linguistic class), please let me know!!! so I will not be left-behind. I know professors will give me reading list when I start my graduate study but I want to start early. Electronic books are good but I can also order a physical book if I need. Thanks!!