The Greatest Invention

The Greatest Invention

By
Silvia Ferrara
Silvia Ferrara
2022 • 227 pages

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161 books

Linguistics

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How Dead Languages Work
Forbidden Words
Grammar and Gender
Language Myths
What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

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23 books

Historical Linguistics

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Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language
A History of German: What the Past Reveals about Today's Language
Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
Grammar and Gender
The Story of English in 100 Words
Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling, and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling
Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation