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Linguistics is the science of language.

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The Language of Liars
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Most Read This Week Tagged "Linguistics"

Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
The Language of Liars
Hèhè
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color—from Azure to Zinc Pink
Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland
Dictionary of Fine Distinctions: Nuances, Niceties, and Subtle Shades of Meaning
The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing
Latim em pó: Um passeio pela formação do nosso português
Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds
Magic Words: The New Science of Language for Persuasion, Communication, and Driving Action
Fifty Sounds
Translating Myself and Others
A Guide to Midwestern Conversation
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Linguistics Books

The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language – A Witty Linguistics Guide to How Tongues Mix, Mutate, and Evolve
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
Metaphors We Live By
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
Course in General Linguistics
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building
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Lists

The Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit FoxBreaking the Maya Code by Michael D. CoeThe Code Book by Simon SinghLost Languages by Andrew RobinsonThe Writing of the Gods by Edward Dolnick
Cryptolinguistics
16 books — 17 voters
Complete Gaelic Beginner to Intermediate Book and Audio Course by Boyd RobertsonColloquial Scottish Gaelic by Katherine M. SpadaroEveryday Gaelic by Morag MacNeillScottish Gaelic in Twelve Weeks by Roibeard Ó MaolalaighGaelic Dictionary by Boyd Robertson
Scottish Gaelic | Gàidhlig na h-Alba
29 books — 2 voters

Forensic Linguistics by John OlssonWordcrime by John OlssonThe Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics by Malcolm CoulthardAn Introduction to Forensic Linguistics by Malcolm CoulthardForensic Linguistics by John Olsson
Forensic Linguistics (Non-Fiction)
14 books — 1 voter
The Power of Babel by Michel PierssensGrossman's Glossary of Every Humorous Word in the English Lan... by Richard GrossmanStrange Linguistics by Mark NewbrookJamaica Talk by Frederic Gomes CassidyMissing the Meaning? by David Howard
•Tongue Hatches
100 books — 3 voters

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanThe Math Olympian by Richard HoshinoGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyHeavenly Mathematics by Glen van Brummelen
Books Scientists Should Read Before The Age of 20
183 books — 84 voters
Learning Irish by Mícheál Ó SiadhailBasic Irish by Nancy StensonIntermediate Irish by Nancy StensonIrish Grammar You Really Need to Know by Éamonn Ó DónaillBuntus Cainte by Tomas O Domhnallain
Leabhair Gramadai Gaelige
38 books — 11 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Linguistics”

“ Language, never forget, is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling and pronunciation tend to wander around like hemlines. ”
― Bill Bryson, The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
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Mark Twain
“ I would rather decline two drinks than one German adjective. ”
― Mark Twain
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