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Noam Chomsky: Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. MIT Press. Kapittel 1 Methodological preliminaries. Side 3-62.
Helge Dyvik: Spr?k, spr?klig kompetanse og lingvistikkens objekt. http://www.hf.uib.no/i/LiLi/SLF/ans/Dyvik/sprkomp.html
William Labov: The study of language in its social context. I William Labov: Sociolinguistic Patterns. Side 183-259. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1972. ISBN:0-8122-1052-2
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Fra Introduction: Chapter III The object of study og Chapter IV Linguistics of language structure and linguistics of speech
Fra Part One General Principles: Chapter I Nature of the linguistic sign, Chapter II Invariability and variabilty of the sign og Chapter III Static linguistics and evolutionary linguistics
Fra Part Two Synchronic Linguistics: Chapter IV Linguistic value og Chapter V Syntagmatic relations and associative relations.
John R. Taylor: Possessives in English: An Exploration in Cognitive Grammar. Side 21-80. Oxford University Press 2000. ISBN: 0198299826
Kompendium
Leonard Bloomfield: Language, 1933. University of Chicago Press. Kapittel 2 The Use of Language og kapittel 9 Meaning.
Ray Jackendoff: Foundations of Language, Oxford University Press 2002, kap. 4, (side 68-103): "Universal Grammar".
James McGilvray: "Introduction", 2009. Cambridge University Press. i Chomsky: Cartesian Linguistics, 3rd edition. Side 1-52.