Oxford Core Linguistics is generative in its approach. It aims to cover every major subfield of the subject with a view to meeting the needs of undergraduates specializing in linguistics and of graduates taking short intensive courses either prior to switching to linguistics or as part of a qualification in fields such as computational and cognitive science. The authors assume little or no knowledge of the field and proceed at an invigorating pace to a sophisticated level.
David Adger, Queen Mary, University of London