BIBLIOGRAPHY and WEB LINKS
In this section, books, articles and web links are grouped together within topics.
For books, Publisher refers to the most recent publisher known to me and Date refers to the earliest publication date known to me.
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General Musical Theory
Websites
Harmony and Harmonic Theory
Books
These books are mostly treatises concerning the theory of harmony. Books on basic harmony are very common and there are different books available in different countries so it is not possible to include all basic harmony books here. Please refer to the links above under 'General Music Theory' or your local bookshop or musical institution. However, the Kitson book is an good concise overview of tonal harmony and the Piston book includes many examples from the classical repertoire. Each should be available in many countries. There are only second hand copies of Kitson available as it is no longer in print.
| Author | Title |
Date
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Town: Publisher | Notes |
| Dahlhaus, Anderson, Wilson, Cohn | Harmony |
2001
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Macmillan | Entry in New Grove II |
| Mickelsen, William C. | Hugo Riemann’s Theory of Harmony |
1977
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Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press | Study plus a translation of some of Riemann's writing. |
| Kitson, C. H. | Elementary Harmony Parts I, II and III. |
1920
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Oxford: The Clarendon Press | see note above. |
| Piston, Walter | Harmony |
1941
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London: Gollancz Ltd |
Rev: by DeVoto 1978 |
| Rameau, Jean-Philippe |
Génération Harmonique |
1737
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University Microfilms Michigan | Trans: Hayes 1968 with commentary |
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Nouveau Systême de Musique Theorique |
1726
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Xerox University Microfilms, Michigan | Trans: Chandler 1975 with commentary |
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Treatise on Harmony |
1722
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New York: Dover Publications, Inc | Trans: Gossett 1971 |
| Richter, Ernst Friedrich | Manual of Harmony |
1870
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Boston: Oliver Ditson Company | Trans: Parker |
| Riemann, Hugo | Harmony Simplified |
1900
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Augener | Trans: Bewerunge |
| Schoenberg, Arnold | Theory of Harmony |
1922
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London: Faber & Faber | Trans: Carter 1978 |
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Structural Functions of Harmony |
1954
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London: Faber & Faber | Ed: Stein |
| Shirlaw, Matthew | The Theory of Harmony |
1917
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New York: Da Capo Press | History of Harmonic Theory to 1917 |
| Thompson, David M | A History of Harmonic Theory in the United States |
1980
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Kent State University Press |
Root Progressions
Books
| Author | Title | Date | Town: Publisher | Notes |
| Goetschius | The Material Used in Musical Composition |
1882
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Boston Music CO | |
| McHose | Basic Principles of the Technique of 18th and 19th Century Composition |
1951
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Appleton-Century-Crofts | |
| Piston | Harmony |
1941
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London: Gollancz | later editions |
| Schoenberg | Structural Functions of Harmony |
1948
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London, Boston: Faber and Faber | |
| Tymoczko, Dmitri | A Geometry of Music: Harmony and Counterpoint in the Extended Common Practice |
2011
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Oxford University Press | |
| Meeus, Nicolas | Toward a Post-Schoenbergian Grammar of Tonal and Pre-tonal Harmonic Progressions |
2000
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Art: Music Theory Online, Vol 6, No 1 | |
| Weber | Theory of Musical Composition |
1846
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London: Cocks & Co. | In two volumes |
Musical Analysis
Books
| Author | Title |
Date
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Town: Publisher | Notes |
| Bent & Pople | Analysis |
2001
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Macmillan | Entry in New Grove II |
| Cook, Nicholas | A Guide to Musical Analysis |
1989
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London: Dent | |
| Dunsby & Whittall | Music Analysis in Theory and Practice |
1988
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London and Boston: Faber Music | |
| La Rue | Guidelines for Style Analysis |
1970
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New York: London: Norton | |
| Macpherson, Stewart | Form in Music |
1930
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London : Joseph Williams | Revised Edition |
| Réti, Rudoph | The Thematic Process in Music |
1962
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New York: Macmillan | |
| Schoenberg, Arnold | Style and Idea |
1950
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New York: Philosophical Library | |
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Fundamentals of Musical Composition |
1967
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London: Faber and Faber | |
| Tovey, D F | A Companion to Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas |
1931
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London: The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music | |
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Esssays in Musical Analysis. |
1935
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London: Oxford University Press |
Vol. 1: Symphonies |
| Warburton, Annie, O | Analyses of Musical Classics. Books 1 - 4. |
1967 - 1974
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London : Longmans |
Schenker and Schenkerian Analysis
Books and Articles
| Author | Title |
Date
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Town: Publisher | Notes |
| Burkhart, C | Schenker's "Motivic Parallelisms" |
1978
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Art: Journal of Music Theory, Vol. 22. | |
| Cadwallader & Gagné | Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach |
1998
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Oxford: Oxford University Press | |
| Clark, W. | Heinrich Schenker on the nature of the seventh chord |
1982
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Art: Journal of Music Theory, Vol. 26, pp 221-59 | The anomaly of the dominant 7th chord in Schenker |
| Deliège, C | Some Unsolved Problems in Schenkerian Theory |
1984
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Art: Musical Grammars and Computer Analysis. | From convention in Modena 1982 |
| Forte & Gilbert | Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis |
1982
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New York and London: Norton | |
| Morgan, R | Dissonant prolongation: theoretical and compositional precedents |
1976
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Art: Journal of Music Theory, Vol. 20. | Application of Schenker to 20th century music. |
| Narmour | Beyond Schenkerism |
1977
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University of Chicago Press | |
| Pankhurst, Tom | Schenker Guide |
2008
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Routledge | see also website below |
| Salzer, Felix | Structural Hearing - Tonal Coherence in Music |
1952
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New York: Dover Publications (1962) | In two volumes - paper back bound as one. |
| Schenker | Harmony |
1906
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University of Chicago Press | |
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Der Tonwille : Vols I and II |
1921 - 1924
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Oxford : Oxford University Press | Pamphlets re-published in two volumes in 2004, 2005 |
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The Masterwork in Music |
1925
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Cambridge University Press | In three volumes |
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Five Graphic Music Analyses |
1933
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New York: Dover | |
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Der freie Satz |
1935
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New York, London: Longman | |
| Straus, J N | The problem of prolongation in post-tonal music |
1987
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Art: Journal of Music Theory, Vol 31. |
Application of Schenker to 20th century music. |
| Travis, Roy | Towards a new concept of Tonality? |
1959
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Art: Journal of Music Theory, Vol. 3. | Application of Schenker to 20th century music. |
Websites
Tom Pankhurst's Guide to Schenkerian Analysis
Voice Leading, Counterpoint, Figured Bass, Divisions
Books and Article
Note: For Voice Leading, see also sections on General Musical Theory, Harmony and Harmonic Theory, Schenker and Schenkerian Analysis as voice leading is usually treated as a subset of one of those topics.
| Author | Title |
Date
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Town: Publisher | Notes |
| Aldwell and Schachter | Harmony and Voice Leading |
1978
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New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | Heavily influenced by Schenkerian analysis |
| Artusi, G M | L’arte del contraponto |
1598
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New York/ Hildesheim: Georg Olms, Facsimile reprint, 1969 |
In Italian |
| Bach, J.S. | Precepts and principles for playing the thorough-bass or accompanying in four parts |
1738
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Leipzig,: translation with facsimile, introduction, and explanatory notes by Pamela L. Poulin. 1994 | |
| Bush, Alan Dudley | Strict Counterpoint in Palestrina Style : a Practical Text Book |
1948
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London : Stainer & Bell | A good introduction to species counterpoint. Concentrates on two part writing. |
| Bovicelli, Giovanni Battista, | Regole, passaggi di musica |
1594
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Kassel : Bärenreiter , 1957. Facsimile reproduction | Musical embellishment |
| Donington, Robert | The Interpretation of Early Music |
1963
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London: Faber and Faber |
Ornamentation |
| Fux, Johann Joseph | The Study of Fugue : from Gradus ad Parnassum |
1725
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London: Faber and Faber |
Trans and edited by Alfred Mann - 1958 (also later editions) |
| de Leno, Antonius | Regulae de contrapunto |
13xx
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Colorado Springs : Colorado College Music Press, Ed Albert Seay. 1977. From 1581 edition. |
In Italian with intro. in English. |
| Ganassi, Sylvesto | Opera Intitulata Fontegara - A Treatise on the art of playing the Recorder and of Free Ornamentation |
1535
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Berlin : Robert Lienau, 1959 | Divisions |
| Hothby, John | De arte contrapuncti |
14xx
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Stuttgart : Hänssler-Verlag , 1977 | |
| Huron, David | Tone and Voice: A Derivation of the Rules of Voice-leading from Perceptual Principles |
2001
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Art: Music Perception, Vol. 19, No. 1. | |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, | Mozart's practical elements of thorough-bass |
1854
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New York : J. Patelson Music House , c1976 Translation of S. Gödbé | |
| Parrish & Ohl | Masterpieces of Music Before 1750 |
1952
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London: Faber and Faber | |
| Piston, Walter | Counterpoint |
1949
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London: Gollancz Ltd,1977 | |
| Salzer & Schachter | Counterpoint in composition : the study of voice leading |
c1969
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New York : Columbia University Press | Heavily influenced by Schenkerian analysis |
| Simpson, Christopher | The division-viol; or, The art of playing ex tempore upon a ground |
1655
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London : Curwen , 1955 | Divisions |
| Tinctoris, Johannes | The art of counterpoint |
c1500
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trans: Albert Seay | |
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Zarlino, Gioseffo
|
The art of counterpoint |
1558
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New York : DA Capo Press , 1983. trans: Marco and Palisca. | Part three of Le istitutioni harmoniche |
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On the modes |
1558
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New Haven ; London : Yale University Press , c1983. Trans: Cohen, V |
Part four of Le istitutioni harmoniche |
Computers and Musical Analysis
Books and Articles
| Author | Title | Date | Town: Publisher | Notes |
| Cope | Computers and Musical Style | 1991 | Madison, Wisconsin: A-R Editions, Inc | see website below. |
| Gabura | Music Style Analysis by Computer | 1970 | Art: The Computer and Music | |
| Pople, Anthony | Using complex set theory for tonal analysis: An introduction to the tonalities project. | 2004 | Art: Music Analysis, Vol. 23, pp 153 - 194 | |
| Russ, Micheal | An Introduction to Anthony Pople's Tonalities Project | 2004 | Art: Music Analysis, Vol. 23, pp 147 - 152 | |
| Russ, Micheal | 'Fishing in the Right Place': Analytical Examples from the Tonalities Project. | 2004 | Art: Music Analysis, Vol. 23, pp 195 - 244 | |
| Winograd, T | Linguistics and the Computer Analysis of Tonal Harmony | 1968 | Art: Journal of Music Theory Vol. 12 no1. | |
| Youngblood | Root Progression and Composer Identification | 1970 | Art: The Computer and Music |
Music Perception and Cognition
Books and Articles
| Author | Title | Date | Town: Publisher | Notes |
| Temperley, David | The Cognition of Basic Musical Structures | 2001 | Cambridge, Mass, London: The MIT Press | |
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Music and Probability | 2007 |
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Language, Syntax in Music
Books and Articles
| Author | Title | Date | Town: Publisher | Notes |
| Baroni and Jacoboni | Proposal for a Grammar of Melody: The Bach Chorales | 1978 | Montreal: University of Montreal | |
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Baroni, Mario
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The Concept of Musical Grammar | 1983 | Art: Music Analysis | |
| Bernstein, Leonard | The Unanswered Question, Six Talks at Harvard. | 1976 | Camb, Mass: Harvard University Press | in Video and Book format. |
| Blacking, John | What languages do musical grammars describe? | 1984 | Art: Musical Grammars and Computer Analysis. | From convention in Modena 1982 |
|
Cooke, Deryck |
The Language of Music | 1959 | Oxford : Clarendon , (1989) | Essential Reading even if some academics now disagree. |
| Keiler, Allan R | The Syntax of prolongation, I. | 1977 | Art: In Theory Only, Vol. 3, pp 3-27 | |
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Bernstein's The Unanswered Question and the problem of musical competence | 1978 | Art: Musical Quarterly, Vol. 64, pp 195-222 | |
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Two views of musical semiotics. Some properties of the design and syntax of tonal music. | 1981 | Art: The Sign in Music and Literature, pp 151- 168 | |
| Lerdahl and Jackendoff | A Generative Theory of Tonal Music | 1983 | Camb, Mass, London: The MIT Press | |
| Lidov, David | On Musical Phrase | 1975 | Montreal: University of Montreal | Collection of Monographs. |
| Monelle, Raymond | Linguistics and Semiotics in Music | 1991 | Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers |
Overview to 1991. |
| Nettl, Bruno | Some Linguistic Approaches to Musical Analysis | 1958 | Art: Journal of the International Folk Music Council. Vol 10. | |
| Sundberg and Lindblom | Generative theories in language and music descriptions | 1976 | Art: Cognition Journal: Vol. 4, No. 1 | Based on Swedish Nursery tunes |
20th Century & Popular Music
Books and Articles
| Author | Title |
Date
|
Town: Publisher | Notes |
| Barrett, Samuel | Kind of Blue and the economy of modal jazz |
2006
|
Art: Popular Music Journal Vol. 25 No. 2 p. 185 | |
| Björnberg, Alf | On Aeolian harmony in contemporary popular music |
2007/
1989 |
Art: Critical Essays in Popular Musicology, edited by Allan Moore |
Due to be published by Ashgate in 2007. From a paper to IASPM in 1989 |
| Bothwick & Moy | Popular Music Genres |
2004
|
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press | |
| Dallin, Leon | Twentieth Century Composition |
1957
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Dubuque, Iowa: WM C Brown Co Publishers | Summary of 20th century developments in classical music. |
| Komara, Edward | Blues |
2006
|
Art: Encyclopedia of the Blues | Beware error in figure bottom left of p 109 |
| Middleton, Richard | Studying Popular Music |
1990
|
Milton Keynes: Open University Press | |
| Moore,Allan F | Analyzing Popular Music |
2003
|
Cambridge:Cambridge University Press | Articles. Theoretical and cultural |
| Negus, Keith | Popular Music in Theory An Introduction |
1996
|
Cambridge:Polity Press | Cultural and Historical |
| Newberger, E. H. | Archetypes and Antecedents of Piano Blues and Boogie Woogie Style |
1976
|
Art: Journal of Jazz Studies Vol. 4 No. 1 p 84 - 109 | Blues and boogie piano transcriptions and analysis |
| Richards, Tim | Improvising Blues Piano |
1997
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London: Schott | Essential reading |
| Richards, Tim | Exploring Jazz Piano |
2005
|
London: Schott | In two volumes |
| Tagg, Philip | Analysing popular music: theory, method and practice |
1982
|
Art: Popular Music | |
| Titon, Jeff Todd | Early Downhome Blues A Musical and Cultural Analysis Second Edition |
1994
|
University of North Carolina Press | Transcriptions of blues melodies and analyses. |
Websites
| Hal Leonard | Music publisher useful for note-by-note transcriptions. |
| Jazz, Saxophone, Theory Site | Pete Thomas's jazz site includes: basic theory, jazz harmony, improvisation, arranging and saxophone lessons. |
| teoria - Music Theory Web | José Rodríguez Alvira's theory site. Animated tutorials and ear training on intervals, scales, chords, etc... |
| Tim Richards Home Site | Information about Tim Richards' publications, teaching and gigs |
| Wikipedia Article on Power Chords | Overview of power chords and their relevance to popular music |
Linguistics
Books
| Author | Title | Date | Town: Publisher | Notes |
| Aitchison, Jean | Linguistics: An Introduction | 1972 | Sevenoaks: Hodder & Stoughton. New York: David McKay |
A popular introduction that continues to be updated. |
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Akmajian, Demers, Farmer, Harnish |
Linguistics: an Introduction to Language and Communication | 1984 | Cambridge, Mass, London: The MIT Press | Third edition: 1990 |
| Chomsky | Syntactic Structures | 1957 | The Hague, Paris: Mouton | |
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Aspects of the Theory of Syntax | 1965 | Camb, Mass: MIT Press. | |
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Topics in the Theory of Generative Grammar | 1966 | The Hague: Mouton & Co. | |
| Crystal | Rediscovering Grammar | 1996 | Harlow: Longman | |
| O'Grady, Dobrovolsky, Katamba | Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction | 1987 | Harlow, England: Longman | Third edition: 1996 |
| Saussure | Course in General Linguistics | 1974 | Glasgow: Collins | Trans: Baskin |