Gustav's votes on the list Best Books about Linguistics

Listopia > Gustav's votes on the list Best Books about Linguistics (33 Books)

1	Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 12,502 ratings Gustav rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	In the Land of Invented Languages: Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius by Arika Okrent 4.10 avg rating — 2,985 ratings Gustav rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building by David J. Peterson (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 2,034 ratings Gustav rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language by David Shariatmadari 3.73 avg rating — 802 ratings Gustav rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Linguistics: An Introduction by William B. McGregor 3.76 avg rating — 91 ratings Gustav rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	European Language Matters: English in Its European Context by Peter Trudgill 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings Gustav rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language by Albert Costa 3.85 avg rating — 1,273 ratings Gustav rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Introducing Linguistics: A Graphic Guide by R.L. Trask 3.90 avg rating — 991 ratings Gustav rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Linguistics: Why It Matters by Geoffrey K. Pullum 3.84 avg rating — 134 ratings Gustav rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Language Unlimited: The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power by David Adger (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 170 ratings Gustav rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics by John Pollack 3.68 avg rating — 1,929 ratings Gustav rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Language Myths by Laurie Bauer (Editor) 3.69 avg rating — 1,327 ratings Gustav rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff 4.09 avg rating — 6,932 ratings Gustav rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Language: The Cultural Tool by Daniel L. Everett 3.63 avg rating — 424 ratings Gustav rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The 5 Minute Linguist: Bite-Sized Essays on Language and Languages by E.M. Rickerson 3.94 avg rating — 184 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Course in General Linguistics by Ferdinand de Saussure 3.96 avg rating — 3,654 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Is That a Fish in Your Ear? The Amazing Adventure of Translation by David Bellos 3.77 avg rating — 2,797 ratings Gustav rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Introducing Morphology by Rochelle Lieber 3.87 avg rating — 76 ratings Gustav rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Linguistic Typology (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics) by Jae Jung Song 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings Gustav rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Conversation Analysis: An Introduction by Jack Sidnell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings Gustav rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Wordcrime: Solving Crime Through Forensic Linguistics by John Olsson 3.79 avg rating — 341 ratings Gustav rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Wug Test: Poems by Jennifer Kronovet (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 105 ratings Gustav rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Vowels And Consonants: An Introduction To The Sounds Of Languages by Peter Ladefoged 3.75 avg rating — 84 ratings Gustav added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 12,459 ratings Gustav rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Cognitive Neuroscience of Language by David Kemmerer 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings Gustav rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Hugoe Matthews 3.31 avg rating — 1,008 ratings Gustav added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase by Mark Forsyth (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 7,353 ratings Gustav rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Analyzing Grammar: An Introduction (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) by Paul R. Kroeger 3.95 avg rating — 58 ratings Gustav rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	A User's Guide to Thought and Meaning by Ray S. Jackendoff 4.03 avg rating — 110 ratings Gustav rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Bringing Linguistics to Work: A Story Listening, Story Finding, and Story Telling Approach to Your Career by Anna Marie Trester 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings Gustav rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss 3.87 avg rating — 106,422 ratings Gustav rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme and Other Oddities of the English Language by Arika Okrent 4.12 avg rating — 586 ratings Gustav rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 22,506 ratings Gustav added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars