COURSEBOOKS IN LINGUISTICS Morphology A Coursebook for Students of English as a Foreign Language Hussein Abdul-Raof Taibah University, Saudi Arabia Morphology: A Coursebook for Students of English as a Foreign Language provides a methodologically comprehensive course of morphology. Through the detailed discussion, extensive examples and exercises, the current book equips undergraduate students whose English is not their mother language with sound awareness of and insight into the fundamental aspects of English morphology. This book addresses the learning and academic needs of students of EFL in morphology-made-easy way. It also addresses the teachers’ needs in terms of the teaching materials required for the morphology undergraduate module. The practical aspect of the book helps students develop their critical analysis, and also helps the morphology module leader to give different home assignments, in-class exercises, and classroom discussion. The present course book is quite different from existing books on morphology written for the speakers of English as a native language. Since there is no book on morphology specifically designed for speakers of English as a foreign language, this book has an international appeal. It is the first book on morphology to address this specific international academic need and will plug a research gap in a more innovative way. Hussein Abdul-Raof (formerly, The University of Leeds) is a Professor of Linguistics and Translation Studies. ISBN 9783969392096. LINCOM Coursebooks in Linguistics 34. 308pp. 2024. Introducing Minimalism: A Parametric Variation Mohammed Q. Shormani Ibb University Introducing Minimalism: A Parametric Variation introduces the currently advocated syntactic theory known as Minimalism. It gives the reader a concise and precise introduction to the substantial notions and concepts made use of by Chomsky in his biological approach to the study of language and how they help minimize the linguistic machinery apparatus needed to describe natural language. Chapter 1 presents a generative approach to language acquisition. Chapter 2 tackles syntax theorization since Chomsky’s Syntactic Structures 1957 to Minimalism. Chapter 3 addresses Structural Relations and Operations. Constituent Structure/Constituency is developed in Chapter 4, and Chapter 5 addresses Features and Agreement. Chapter 6 spells out Head and Phrasal Movement, and Wh-movement is addressed in Chapter 7. Chapter 8 examines Null Categories, and Chapter 9 is devoted to Projection Split, where VP, TP, DP, CP, etc. are split, and the syntactic justifications of splitting each. The book concludes with outlining Phase theory, the latest development in syntax inquiry. Each Chapter discusses the minimalist assumptions of the syntactic phenomenon it addresses in several languages to characterize language parametrization among these languages, applying the minimalist machinery apparatus to derive, by means of phrase markers, the phrases, clauses and sentences exemplified. Each Chapter ends with a bunch of exercises, in which students have a good chance to exercise the knowledge acquired in the Chapter. Though the book is a coursebook, meant for (post)graduate students, it is also a valuable reference for syntax scholars, in general, and Arabic syntax scholars, in particular. ISBN 9783969391945. LINCOM Coursebooks in Linguistics 33. 450pp. 2024. English Phonetics and Phonology A Course for Arab Students Nadhim Aldubai Sana'a University and Taibah University This book is an outcome of teaching phonetics and phonology to graduate and postgraduate students in different universities in the Middle East for more than twenty years. During this time, the students and the author have felt the need for a coursebook in phonetics and phonology with an eye of comparison between the two languages, Arabic and English. To deeply understand how English and Arabic work in segmental and suprasegmental levels, different topics in phonetics and phonology syllabus are discussed in this book. In order to separate segmental and suprasegmental levels, the book is divided into two sections: Phonetics & Phonology. In the phonetics section, the book discusses the definition of phonetics, vocal organs, and detailed description of English consonants and vowels with a comparison between Arabic and English consonants and vowels. In the phonology level, the book defines phonology and draws clear distinction between phonetics and phonology. It also discusses phonemes and allophones with examples from Arabic and English. Extensive exercises on broad and narrow transcription are provided. The prosody of English and Arabic has been discussed in terms of syllable structure, phonological processes, stress and intonation. The theory of Distinctive Features are presented with extensive tasks and exercises. Each chapter is followed by extensive T/F, MCQs and direct questions exercises. Phonetic symbols used in this book are based on the International Phonetic Alphabet Chart (IPA). ISBN 9783969391495. LINCOM Coursebooks in Linguistics 32. 266pp. 2023.