"This is an excellent and challenging textbook to introduce linguistics to students. It’s comprehensive, balanced, and up-to-date."
— Yong Lang, University of Texas-Pan American
"This book is amazingly up to date, incorporates a variety of theoretical perspectives, and covers everything in all the right proportions."
— Chris Wen-Chao Li, San Francisco State University
"Students do not just sell this text back to the bookstore at the end of the term, they keep it as a reference book and use it to continue exploring topics in linguistics."
— Janet Cowal, Portland State University