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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,411 ratings — published 1994
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,147 ratings — published 2008
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.91 — 7,284 ratings — published 2010
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,202 ratings — published 2001
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,378 ratings — published 2019
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,069 ratings — published 2005
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,024 ratings — published 2005
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.91 — 43,895 ratings — published 1990
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.91 — 11,174 ratings — published 2007
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,209 ratings — published 2003
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.77 — 2,775 ratings — published 2011
In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,965 ratings — published 2009
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.84 — 121,180 ratings — published 1998
Metaphors We Live By (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,822 ratings — published 1980
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.23 — 12,252 ratings — published 2011
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.81 — 113,422 ratings — published 2021
Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.92 — 4,625 ratings — published 2014
The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,002 ratings — published 2015
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter — Then, Now, and Forever (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,212 ratings — published 2021
Course in General Linguistics (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,607 ratings — published 1916
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.19 — 9,140 ratings — published 2017
Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.08 — 12,702 ratings — published 2014
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,876 ratings — published 2007
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,106 ratings — published 1987
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.24 — 26,964 ratings — published 2019
Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.79 — 4,122 ratings — published 2018
Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still (Like, Literally)
by (shelved 8 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,935 ratings — published 2016
The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,426 ratings — published 2014
The Story of English in 100 Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,529 ratings — published 2011
How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,318 ratings — published 2006
Words and Rules (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,921 ratings — published 1999
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.92 — 15,921 ratings — published 1994
The Stories of English (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,427 ratings — published 2004
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.18 — 86,649 ratings — published 1918
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.94 — 5,115 ratings — published 2003
Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.15 — 434,606 ratings — published 2022
Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.81 — 548 ratings — published 1987
In Other Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.75 — 15,545 ratings — published 2015
Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.02 — 527 ratings — published 2007
After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.15 — 628 ratings — published 1975
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,678 ratings — published 2013
The Story of English (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,393 ratings — published 1986
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.36 — 659 ratings — published 1987
How the Mind Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.99 — 20,981 ratings — published 1997
Historical Linguistics: An Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.97 — 378 ratings — published 1991
The Story of Human Language (Audio CD)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.40 — 3,092 ratings — published 2004
The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,215 ratings — published 2018
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.94 — 57,247 ratings — published 2001
The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.70 — 543 ratings — published 2008
Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,196 ratings — published 2016
