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#2
How Dead Languages Work
How Dead Languages Work
  • Coulter H. George
3.53 reads
#3
Forbidden Words
Forbidden Words
  • Keith Allan
41 read
#4
Grammar and Gender
Grammar and Gender
  • Dennis Baron
00 reads
#5
Language Myths
Language Myths
    31 read
    #6
    Cover 4

    The Roots of Verbal Meaning

    The Roots of Verbal Meaning
    • John Beavers
    • Andrew Koontz-Garboden
    00 reads
    #7
    What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
    What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
    • Benjamin K. Bergen
    4.3810 reads
    #8
    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
    • Bill Bryson
    3.5746 reads
    #9
    A Clockwork Orange
    A Clockwork Orange
    • Anthony Burgess
    3.93873 reads
    #10
    Swearing Is Good For You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language
    Swearing Is Good For You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language
    • Emma Byrne
    3.52 reads
    #11
    This Is the Voice
    This Is the Voice
    • John Colapinto
    4.384 reads
    #12
    Beyond Words: Sobs, Hums, Stutters and Other Vocalizations
    Beyond Words: Sobs, Hums, Stutters and Other Vocalizations
    • Steven Connor
    00 reads
    #13
    Cover 6

    The Stories of English

    The Stories of English
    • David Crystal
    41 read
    #14
    Cover 2

    How Language Works

    How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning and Languages Live or Die
    • David Crystal
    41 read
    #15
    The Story of English in 100 Words
    The Story of English in 100 Words
    • David Crystal
    3.578 reads
    #16
    The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
    The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
    • David Crystal
    52 reads
    #17
    Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling, and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling
    Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling, and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling
    • David Crystal
    51 read
    #18
    Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation
    Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation
    • David Crystal
    00 reads
    #19
    Sounds Appealing: The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation
    Sounds Appealing: The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation
    • David Crystal
    00 reads
    #20
    The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom
    The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom
      00 reads
      #21
      Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction
      Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction
      • Kristin Denham
      • Anne Lobeck
      00 reads
      #22
      Cover 0

      Linguistics for Everyone

      Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction, 2nd Edition
      • Kristin Denham
      00 reads
      #23
      Lingo
      Lingo
      • Gaston Dorren
      • Alison Edwards (Translator)
      3.6710 reads
      #24
      Ella Minnow Pea
      Ella Minnow Pea
      • Mark Dunn
      4.03109 reads
      #25
      Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of Slang
      Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of Slang
      • Max Décharné
      00 reads
      #26
      Irish Grammar
      Irish Grammar
      • Éamonn Ó Dónaill
      00 reads
      #27
      Axiom's End
      Axiom's End
      • Lindsay Ellis
      3.54192 reads
      #28
      How We Talk
      How We Talk
      • N.J. Enfield
      42 reads
      #29
      Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
      Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
      • Michael Erard
      3.334 reads
      #30
      Once Upon an Algorithm: How Stories Explain Computing
      Once Upon an Algorithm: How Stories Explain Computing
      • Martin Erwig
      43 reads
      #31
      D: A Tale of Two Worlds
      D: A Tale of Two Worlds
      • Michel Faber
      3.2110 reads
      #32
      The Greatest Invention
      The Greatest Invention
      • Silvia Ferrara
      51 read
      #33
      The Etymologicon
      The Etymologicon
      • Mark Forsyth
      3.8229 reads
      #34
      The Horologicon
      The Horologicon
      • Mark Forsyth
      3.337 reads
      #35
      Talking Hands
      Talking Hands
      • Margalit Fox
      44 reads
      #36
      The Riddle of the Labyrinth
      The Riddle of the Labyrinth
      • Margalit Fox
      4.389 reads
      #37
      How Babies Talk: The Magic and Mystery of Language in the First Three Years of Life
      How Babies Talk: The Magic and Mystery of Language in the First Three Years of Life
      • Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
      • Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
      00 reads
      #38
      Linguistics For Beginners
      Linguistics For Beginners
      • W. Terrence Gordon
      00 reads
      #39
      The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang
      The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang
      • Jonathon Green
      00 reads
      #40
      Talk on the Wild Side: The Untameable Nature of Language
      Talk on the Wild Side: The Untameable Nature of Language
      • Lane Greene
      31 read
      #41
      Cover 7

      Meaning and Interpretation

      Meaning and Interpretation: Wittgenstein, Henry James, and Literary Knowledge
      • Garry L. Hagberg
      00 reads
      #42
      Cover 2

      The Everyday Language of White Racism

      The Everyday Language of White Racism
      • Jane H. Hill
      41 read
      #43
      Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths, and Profanity in English
      Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths, and Profanity in English
      • Geoffrey Hughes
      00 reads
      #44
      Choice Words
      Choice Words
      • Peter H. Johnston
      52 reads
      #45
      Exactly What to Say
      Exactly What to Say
      • Phil M. Jones
      3.5721 reads
      #46
      Cover 7

      Women Talk More Than Men

      Women Talk More Than Men: ... And Other Myths about Language Explained
      • Abby Kaplan
      00 reads
      #47
      The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language
      The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language
      • Christine Kenneally
      21 read
      #48
      Metaphors We Live By
      Metaphors We Live By
      • George Lakoff
      • Mark Johnson
      3.8124 reads
      #49
      Cover 7

      The Pragmatics of Politeness

      The Pragmatics of Politeness
      • Geoffrey N. Leech
      00 reads
      #50
      Cover 4

      English with an Accent

      English with an Accent: Language, Ideology and Discrimination in the United States
      • Rosina Lippi-Green
      00 reads
      #51
      Doublespeak
      Doublespeak
      • William D. Lutz
      00 reads
      #52
      Cover 2

      The Story of English

      The Story of English
      • Robert McCrum
      • Robert MacNeil
      4.333 reads
      #53
      Verbatim: From the bawdy to the sublime, the best writing on language for word lovers, grammar mavens, and armchair linguists
      Verbatim: From the bawdy to the sublime, the best writing on language for word lovers, grammar mavens, and armchair linguists
        00 reads
        #54
        Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of a Pure Standard English
        Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of a Pure Standard English
        • John McWhorter
        00 reads
        #55
        The Power of Babel
        The Power of Babel
        • John McWhorter
        4.115 reads
        #56
        Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
        Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
        • John McWhorter
        3.827 reads
        #57
        Myths, Lies and Half-Truths of Language Usage
        Myths, Lies and Half-Truths of Language Usage
        • John McWhorter
        4.52 reads
        #58
        The Language Hoax
        The Language Hoax
        • John McWhorter
        3.2510 reads
        #59
        Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still
        Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still
        • John McWhorter
        4.2716 reads
        #60
        Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca
        Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca
        • John McWhorter
        3.26 reads
        #61
        Predicting New Words: The Secrets of Their Success
        Predicting New Words: The Secrets of Their Success
        • Allan Metcalf Professor
        00 reads
        #62
        Holy Sh*t
        Holy Sh*t
        • Melissa Mohr
        45 reads
        #63
        Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
        Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
        • Amanda Montell
        3.88275 reads
        #64
        Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
        Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
        • Amanda Montell
        4.2875 reads
        #65
        The Story of French
        The Story of French
        • Jean-Benoît Nadeau
        • Julie Barlow
        42 reads
        #66
        In the Land of Invented Languages
        In the Land of Invented Languages
        • Arika Okrent
        3.8912 reads
        #67
        Empires of the Word
        Empires of the Word
        • Nicholas Ostler
        3.17 reads
        #68
        Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land
        Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land
        • Nick Thorkelson
        • Nathaniel Buchwald
        • Allen Lewis Rickman
        • Joel Schechter
        • Sharon Rudahl
        • Danny Fingeroth
        • Barry Deutsch
        • Marvin Friedman
        • Dave Wagner
        • Peter Kuper
        • Sabrina Jones
        • Hershl Hartman
        41 read
        #69
        Secret Life of Pronouns What Our Words Say about Us
        Secret Life of Pronouns What Our Words Say about Us
        • James W. Pennebaker
        2.510 reads
        #70
        Cover 6

        Making Sense of "Bad English"

        Making Sense of "Bad English": An Introduction to Language Attitudes and Ideologies
        • Elizabeth Peterson
        00 reads
        #71
        The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language
        The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language
        • Geoffrey K. Pullum
        00 reads
        #72
        Unruly Words: A Study of Vague Language
        Unruly Words: A Study of Vague Language
        • Diana Raffman
        00 reads
        #73
        The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris
        The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris
        • Andrew Robinson
        • Stephen F. Eisenman
        43 reads
        #74
        Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts
        Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts
        • Andrew Robinson
        00 reads
        #75
        Yiddish in Israel: A History
        Yiddish in Israel: A History
        • Rachel Rojanski
        00 reads
        #76
        Don't Believe a Word
        Don't Believe a Word
        • David Shariatmadari
        4.53 reads
        #77
        The Language of Light: A History of Silent Voices
        The Language of Light: A History of Silent Voices
        • Gerald Shea
        00 reads
        #78
        Latin Alive: The Survival of Latin in English and the Romance Languages
        Latin Alive: The Survival of Latin in English and the Romance Languages
        • Joseph B. Solodow
        01 read
        #79
        Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
        Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
        • Kory Stamper
        4.3837 reads
        #80
        Cover 2

        How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish

        How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish
          31 read
          #81
          7 steps to raising a bilingual child
          7 steps to raising a bilingual child
          • Naomi Steiner
          00 reads
          #82
          Will's words
          Will's words
          • Jane Sutcliffe
          00 reads
          #83
          That's Not What I Meant!: How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships
          That's Not What I Meant!: How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships
          • Deborah Tannen
          00 reads
          #84
          Cover 6

          You Just Don't Understand

          You Just Don't Understand
          • Deborah Tannen
          00 reads
          #85
          Cover 2

          Introducing Linguistics

          Introducing Linguistics: A Graphic Guide
          • R.L. Trask
          • Bill Mayblin
          3.52 reads
          #86
          The Wordhord
          The Wordhord
          • Hana Videen
          4.673 reads
          #87
          The Dictionary of Lost Words
          The Dictionary of Lost Words
          • Pip Williams
          3.8871 reads
          #88
          The Professor & the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity & the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
          The Professor & the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity & the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
          • Simon Winchester
          3.81132 reads
          #89
          Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
          Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
          • Ludwig Wittgenstein
          • Charles Kay Ogden (Translator)
          4.0653 reads
          #90
          Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
          Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
          • Maryanne Wolf
          3.2824 reads
          #91
          Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
          Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
          • Gabriel Wyner
          3.9365 reads
          #92
          Taken for Granted: The Remarkable Power of the Unremarkable
          Taken for Granted: The Remarkable Power of the Unremarkable
          • Eviatar Zerubavel
          00 reads
          #93
          Hate Speech Law: A Philosophical Examination
          Hate Speech Law: A Philosophical Examination
          • Alexander Brown
          00 reads
          #94
          Linguistics For Dummies
          Linguistics For Dummies
          • Rose-Marie Dechaine
          • Strang Burton
          • Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson
          00 reads
          #95
          Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
          Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
          • Gretchen McCulloch
          4.189 reads
          #96
          Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English
          Borrowed Words: A History of Loanwords in English
          • Philip Durkin
          00 reads
          #97
          Word origins
          Word origins
          • John Ayto
          00 reads
          #98
          On Bullshit
          On Bullshit
          • Harry G. Frankfurt
          3.459 reads
          #99
          Language, Capitalism, Colonialism: Toward a Critical History
          Language, Capitalism, Colonialism: Toward a Critical History
          • Monica Heller
          • Bonnie Mcelhinny
          00 reads
          #100
          Cover 2

          Words Matter

          Words Matter: Meaning and Power
          • Sally McConnell-Ginet
          00 reads
          #101
          Cover 5

          Keywords

          Keywords
          • John Patrick Leary
          31 read