Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction 5th (fifth) Edition by O'Grady, William, Archibald, John, Aronoff, Mark, Rees-Mille published by Bedford/St. Martin's (2004)

Contemporary Linguistics is the gold standard of introductory linguistics textbooks. The book's extensive examples and exercises help students master the course material, and its lucid writing style makes complex concepts easy to understand. Fifth edition (2004)