Quentin, buy this book WAS Re: conlang survey

On Saturday 21 December 2002 03:09 pm, Quentin Read wrote:
> A lot of the things in this survey are mentined often
> on this list but I do not understand. (see below)
> Would anyone care to explain it to me or tell me about
> a book/website with this info?  Especially what the
> difference b/w fusional, agglutinative, etc. is.
        "Describing Morphosyntax" by Thomas Payne. Still in print and available
through any large online retailer. It's not a linguistic textbook, but more
of a manual for field linguists...and a wonderful cookbook for conlangers. It
doesn't have any phonology stuff in it, but other than that it is a
tremendous resource that will only set you back $20 or so for the paperback
version. I've also found it handy for giving a good introduction to most of
the terms that you will find bantered around the list. Buy it yourself or put
it on your Christmas wishlist in bold letters.
        :Peter