Best Books about Linguistics

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Course in General Linguistics
Course in General Linguistics 3.97 avg rating — 3,571 ratings
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language 4.01 avg rating — 22,310 ratings
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The Study of Language
The Study of Language 4.01 avg rating — 2,267 ratings
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An Introduction to Language
An Introduction to Language 3.97 avg rating — 1,366 ratings
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Metaphors We Live By
Metaphors We Live By 4.09 avg rating — 6,740 ratings
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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature 3.91 avg rating — 11,145 ratings
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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,186 ratings
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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language 4.05 avg rating — 12,270 ratings
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation 3.87 avg rating — 106,069 ratings
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The Loom of Language: An Approach to the Mastery of Many Languages
The Loom of Language: An Approach to the Mastery of Many Languages 4.18 avg rating — 387 ratings
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Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages 3.91 avg rating — 7,178 ratings
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The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building
The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building 4.13 avg rating — 1,984 ratings
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,552 ratings
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Syntactic Structures
Syntactic Structures 3.83 avg rating — 885 ratings
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The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World 3.99 avg rating — 3,775 ratings
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The Story of English in 100 Words
The Story of English in 100 Words 3.92 avg rating — 2,508 ratings
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Linguistic Terms and Concepts
Linguistic Terms and Concepts 3.74 avg rating — 53 ratings
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The Stories of English
The Stories of English 4.04 avg rating — 1,422 ratings
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The Story of English
The Story of English 4.09 avg rating — 2,388 ratings
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Essential Introductory Linguistics
Essential Introductory Linguistics 3.90 avg rating — 71 ratings
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In the Land of Invented Languages: Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius
In the Land of Invented Languages: Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius 4.10 avg rating — 2,943 ratings
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The Unfolding Of Language
The Unfolding Of Language 4.22 avg rating — 3,979 ratings
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Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language 4.24 avg rating — 25,827 ratings
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A Course in Phonetics
A Course in Phonetics 4.11 avg rating — 474 ratings
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The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way 3.91 avg rating — 43,561 ratings
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Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind
Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind 4.02 avg rating — 526 ratings
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How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die
How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die 3.86 avg rating — 1,309 ratings
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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World 4.06 avg rating — 3,056 ratings
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Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind 4.11 avg rating — 1,096 ratings
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Language and Linguistics: An Introduction
Language and Linguistics: An Introduction 3.88 avg rating — 234 ratings
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The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language 4.23 avg rating — 12,066 ratings
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Чому общерусский язык, а не вібчоруська мова?
Чому общерусский язык, а не вібчоруська мова? 4.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code 4.01 avg rating — 3,646 ratings
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Історична фонологія української мови
Історична фонологія української мови 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca
Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca 4.15 avg rating — 1,182 ratings
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The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages
The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages 3.87 avg rating — 450 ratings
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Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States 3.92 avg rating — 15,801 ratings
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Cunt: A Declaration of Independence
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence 3.89 avg rating — 10,594 ratings
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language 4.36 avg rating — 658 ratings
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Language Death
Language Death 3.92 avg rating — 399 ratings
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Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction
Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction 3.30 avg rating — 960 ratings
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The Man Who Forgot How To Read
The Man Who Forgot How To Read 3.40 avg rating — 379 ratings
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots 4.44 avg rating — 62 ratings
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The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language 3.95 avg rating — 2,505 ratings
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The Ukrainian Language in the First Half of the Twentieth Century (1900–1941) (Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies)
The Ukrainian Language in the First Half of the Twentieth Century (1900–1941) (Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Не минаючи ані титли... Лінгвобіографія старослов'янської мови
Не минаючи ані титли... Лінгвобіографія старослов'янської мови 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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A History of the English Language
A History of the English Language 3.89 avg rating — 892 ratings
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Foundations of Language: Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution
Foundations of Language: Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution 4.04 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Language
Language 3.97 avg rating — 117 ratings
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English 3.83 avg rating — 7,108 ratings
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The Story of Human Language
The Story of Human Language 4.40 avg rating — 3,052 ratings
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Language and the Mind (Language Workbooks)
Language and the Mind (Language Workbooks) 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase 4.36 avg rating — 7,149 ratings
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Dictionnaire amoureux des langues
Dictionnaire amoureux des langues 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Linguistics in America 1769 1924
Linguistics in America 1769 1924 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle
Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle 3.96 avg rating — 5,898 ratings
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Old English and its Closest Relatives
Old English and its Closest Relatives 4.29 avg rating — 209 ratings
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Masters of the Word: How Media Shaped History
Masters of the Word: How Media Shaped History 3.92 avg rating — 285 ratings
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The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue
The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue 3.93 avg rating — 245 ratings
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Far from the Madding Gerund: And Other Dispatches from Language Log
Far from the Madding Gerund: And Other Dispatches from Language Log 3.85 avg rating — 74 ratings
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The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics
The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics 4.05 avg rating — 275 ratings
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Um...: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean
Um...: Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean 3.20 avg rating — 306 ratings
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Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling
Spell It Out: The Singular Story of English Spelling 3.95 avg rating — 883 ratings
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Style in Fiction: A Linguistic Introduction to English Fictional Prose (English Language Series, 13)
Style in Fiction: A Linguistic Introduction to English Fictional Prose (English Language Series, 13) 3.80 avg rating — 104 ratings
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Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society
Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society 3.83 avg rating — 721 ratings
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The Dawn of Slavic: An Introduction to Slavic Philology (Yale Language Series)
The Dawn of Slavic: An Introduction to Slavic Philology (Yale Language Series) 4.07 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion
Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion 3.89 avg rating — 2,354 ratings
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Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language
Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language 3.48 avg rating — 2,011 ratings
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Language Unlimited: The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power
Language Unlimited: The Science Behind Our Most Creative Power 3.67 avg rating — 164 ratings
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You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation 3.88 avg rating — 6,683 ratings
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Languages of the World: An Introduction
Languages of the World: An Introduction 3.90 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Writing Systems: Second Edition
Writing Systems: Second Edition really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The 5 Minute Linguist: Bite-Sized Essays on Language and Languages
The 5 Minute Linguist: Bite-Sized Essays on Language and Languages 3.94 avg rating — 181 ratings
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Deconstruction and Criticism
Deconstruction and Criticism 3.84 avg rating — 131 ratings
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language 4.32 avg rating — 800 ratings
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The English Language: A Historical introduction
The English Language: A Historical introduction 3.70 avg rating — 359 ratings
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English as a Global Language
English as a Global Language 3.69 avg rating — 497 ratings
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Man and His Symbols
Man and His Symbols
by: C.G. Jung
4.19 avg rating — 32,160 ratings
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Linguistic Typology (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics)
Linguistic Typology (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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An Introduction to Historical Linguistics
An Introduction to Historical Linguistics 3.73 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Language Change: Progress or Decay?
Language Change: Progress or Decay? 3.85 avg rating — 314 ratings
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Language and Responsibility: Based on Conversations with Mitsou Ronat
Language and Responsibility: Based on Conversations with Mitsou Ronat 3.80 avg rating — 131 ratings
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On the Essence of Language: The Metaphysics of Language and the Essencing of the Word Concerning Herder's Treatise On the Origin of Language
On the Essence of Language: The Metaphysics of Language and the Essencing of the Word Concerning Herder's Treatise On the Origin of Language 3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Last Word: The English Language: Opinions and Prejudices
The Last Word: The English Language: Opinions and Prejudices 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Names in Focus: An Introduction to Finnish Onomastics
Names in Focus: An Introduction to Finnish Onomastics it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Bastard Tongues: A Trail-Blazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages
Bastard Tongues: A Trail-Blazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages 3.81 avg rating — 394 ratings
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Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees
Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees 4.48 avg rating — 2,065 ratings
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The Lexicography of English
The Lexicography of English really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Het verhaal van een taal: negen eeuwen Nederlands
Het verhaal van een taal: negen eeuwen Nederlands really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business 4.13 avg rating — 549,156 ratings
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Quantum Anthropology: Man, Cultures, and Groups in a Quantum Perspective
Quantum Anthropology: Man, Cultures, and Groups in a Quantum Perspective 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Text Structure: A Window into Discourse, Context and Mind
Text Structure: A Window into Discourse, Context and Mind 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi: Words We Pinched From Other Languages
A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi: Words We Pinched From Other Languages 3.59 avg rating — 253 ratings
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Linguistics For Beginners
Linguistics For Beginners 3.45 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Talk on the Wild Side: The Untameable Nature of Language
Talk on the Wild Side: The Untameable Nature of Language really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 245 ratings
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Contatto: dinamiche ed esiti del plurilinguismo
Contatto: dinamiche ed esiti del plurilinguismo 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Speech and Language Processing: An Introduction to Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics and Speech Recognition
Speech and Language Processing: An Introduction to Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics and Speech Recognition 4.28 avg rating — 631 ratings
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On the Way to Language
On the Way to Language 4.08 avg rating — 733 ratings
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Animal Lingo
Animal Lingo 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Pidgins, Creoles & Mixed Languages
Pidgins, Creoles & Mixed Languages 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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