THE INITIATION OF A GRADUATE PROGRAM IN LINGUISTICS AT OHIO UNIVERSITY (ATHENS, OHIO), WHERE NO UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM EXISTED, NECESSITATED THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF A VALID RECOMMENDED READING LIST OF STANDARD WORKS FOR STUDENTS IN THE NEW PROGRAM. COMBINED TO PRODUCE A COMPOSITE GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR LINGUISTICS WERE THE ITEMS THAT APPEARED ON AT LEAST TWO OF THE NINE SOURCE LISTS OF RECOMMENDED READING MATERIALS THAT HAD BEEN RECEIVED ON REQUEST FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. NUMBERS ADDED TO EACH BIBLIOGRAPHIC ENTRY IDENTIFY THE SOURCE LISTS FROM WHICH THE ITEM WAS TAKEN. OF THE 131 ITEMS PLUS EIGHT JOURNALS THAT MAKE UP THE COMPOSITE, ONLY TWO WERE ENDORSED BY ALL NINE SOURCES, AND 66 WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE MINIMUM CONSENSUS OF TWO. (AB)