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Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
Dictionary of Fine Distinctions: Nuances, Niceties, and Subtle Shades of Meaning
Magic Words: The New Science of Language for Persuasion, Communication, and Driving Action
Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds
Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter — Then, Now, and Forever
Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Eezier to Spell
Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings
Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary
Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words
How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog
Latim em pó: Um passeio pela formação do nosso português
The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing
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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
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
Metaphors We Live By
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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The weather matrix and human behavior by Michael A. PersingerBecoming a Private Investigator by Howie KahnBrain Tests by Edmund ShaftesburyThe Red Market by Scott CarneyHandbook for the Integrity Tone Scale by Vern Black
Paraforensic
145 books — 2 voters
Course in General Linguistics by Ferdinand de SaussureThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerThe Study of Language by George YuleAn Introduction to Language by Victoria A. FromkinMetaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
Best Books about Linguistics
247 books — 223 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
The Life Of A Psychic Detective by Nancy Orlen WeberКонституционный строй в России. by Андрей ПолеевEssays and Letters. by Andrej PoleevBerlin - Zoologischer Garten by Andrej PoleevStrange case. by Andrej Poleev
Enzymes book
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Ethereal by Phillip BainbridgeSeven Beyond by Stella AtriumThe Consolation of Philosophy by BoethiusPhilosophy of Evil by Lars Fredrik Händler SvendsenThe Art of War and Other Classics of Eastern Philosophy by Sun Tzu
books with ‘philosophy’ in title
251 books — 23 voters
Just For You #1 by Maryam TabibzadehJust For You #2 by Mrs Maryam TabibzadehEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Best Popular Language Books on Goodreads
176 books — 47 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Linguistics”

Michael Crichton
“ The academic world was marching toward ever more specialized knowledge, expressed in ever more dense jargon. ”
― Michael Crichton, The Lost World
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Donna J. Haraway
“ Go outside English, and the wild multiplies. ”
― Donna J. Haraway, Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene
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Videos Tagged “Linguistics”

Found in Translation: A Celebration of Translators and Interpreters
Found in Translation: A Celebration of Translators and Interpreters
Silent Fear (book trailer and associated film adaptation)
Silent Fear (book trailer and associated film adaptation)
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Groups Tagged "Linguistics"

The name says it all.
5 members, last active 5 years ago
B^5
B^5 Private Philly-based book club.
3 members, last active 9 years ago
USiL book recs Collective linguistic-related book recommendations for and by Undergraduate Students in Linguist…more
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A group about Linguistics. We plan to talk about fun and interesting books along side academic b…more
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