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Linguistics is the science of language.

Most Read This Week Tagged "Linguistics"

Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature
Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
Glyph
The Language of Liars
How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
Eden
Hèhè
The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter — Then, Now, and Forever
Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog
True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color—from Azure to Zinc Pink
The Grammar of Angels: A Search for the Magical Powers of Language in Renaissance Italy
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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 Book on How Thousands of Tongues Evolved from One Source
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
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect 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

Breaking the Bias of English by Vivian R. ProbstThe Power of Babel by Michel PierssensText Structure by Nelly TinchevaAfrikan Alphabets by Saki MafundikwaExophony by Yōko Tawada
•Lingualish'tics
106 books — 15 voters
Dan Burley's Jive by Dan BurleyCroaking Frogs by Les MorganSpeech and Speech Disorders in Western Thought before 1600 by Ynez Viole O NeillKa by Hugh CrosthwaiteBeyond Pure Reason by Boris Gasparov
•I Was Young And Heard Your Flattering Tongue
100 books — 1 voter

Karkhana by Waswo X. WaswoThe Life Of A Psychic Detective by Nancy Orlen WeberКонституционный строй в России. by Андрей ПолеевEssays and Letters. by Andrej PoleevBerlin - Zoologischer Garten by Andrej Poleev
Enzymes book
19 books — 11 voters
Course in General Linguistics by Ferdinand de SaussureThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerAn Introduction to Language by Victoria A. FromkinThe Study of Language by George YuleMetaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
Best Books about Linguistics
258 books — 226 voters

Wheelock's Latin by Frederic M. WheelockChomsky For Beginners by David CogswellText Structure by Nelly TinchevaThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian R. Probst
Linguistics
10 books — 5 voters
Breaking the Bias of English by Vivian R. ProbstMan Made Language by Dale SpenderLanguage and Woman's Place by Robin Tolmach LakoffPronoun Envy by Anna LiviaLanguage and Gender by Penelope Eckert
Feminist linguistics
41 books — 18 voters


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Quotes Tagged “Linguistics”

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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Donna J. Haraway
“ Grammar is politics by other means. ”
― Donna J. Haraway, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature
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Silent Fear (book trailer and associated film adaptation)
Silent Fear (book trailer and associated film adaptation)
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Groups Tagged "Linguistics"

Corpus Linguistics Reading Group @UMass Boston A reading group for applied linguistics students interested in reading and researching the topic…more
6 members, last active 6 years ago
UMass Linguistics This is a book group hosted by the UMass Boston Applied Linguistics department. While the group …more
94 members, last active 4 years ago
Between The Lines This book club is for all those who are interested in English literature, philosophy, and histor…more
13 members, last active 4 years ago
ELT MA Hey everyone! This group is for our ELT MA class to chat about books — from course readings to p…more
6 members, last active 9 months ago

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