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
36th out of 246 books — 221 voters
BREAKING THE BIAS OF ENGLISH by Vivian ProbstIn the Land of Invented Languages by Arika OkrentThe Unfolding of Language by Guy DeutscherThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonThrough the Language Glass by Guy Deutscher
Books for Language Lovers
13th out of 201 books — 73 voters

The Last Speakers by K. David HarrisonDon't Sleep, There Are Snakes by Daniel L. EverettPoems from the Edge of Extinction by Chris McCabeThe Translation of Dr Apelles by David TreuerWhen Languages Die by K. David Harrison
Books About Endangered Languages
1st out of 15 books — 7 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWild by Cheryl StrayedA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Wanderlust
1057th out of 1,058 books — 1,151 voters

Cultish by Amanda MontellSociolinguistic Patterns by William LabovThe Language of Life and Death by William LabovWordslut by Amanda MontellBecause Internet by Gretchen McCulloch
Introduction to Sociolinguistics
25th out of 34 books — 2 voters