Linguistics

Linguistics is the science of language.

Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary
Dictionary of Fine Distinctions: Nuances, Niceties, and Subtle Shades of Meaning
Magic Words: The New Science of Language for Persuasion, Communication, and Driving Action
The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing
How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog
These Strange New Minds: How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means
Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter — Then, Now, and Forever
Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
Fifty Sounds
Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian
Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language – A Witty Linguistics Guide to How Tongues Mix, Mutate, and Evolve
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
Metaphors We Live By
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
Course in General Linguistics
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienWatership Down by Richard  AdamsEmbassytown by China MiévilleThe Goblin Emperor by Katherine AddisonStrung by Roske
Well-integrated Conlangs
12 books — 8 voters
Course in General Linguistics by Ferdinand de SaussureThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerThe Study of Language by George YuleAn Introduction to Language by Victoria A. FromkinMetaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
Best Books about Linguistics
246 books — 221 voters

Forensic Linguistics by John OlssonWordcrime by John OlssonThe Routledge Handbook of Forensic Linguistics by Malcolm CoulthardAn Introduction to Forensic Linguistics by Malcolm CoulthardForensic Linguistics by John Olsson
Forensic Linguistics (Non-Fiction)
14 books — 1 voter
BREAKING THE BIAS OF ENGLISH by Vivian ProbstIn the Land of Invented Languages by Arika OkrentThe Unfolding of Language by Guy DeutscherThe Mother Tongue by Bill BrysonThrough the Language Glass by Guy Deutscher
Books for Language Lovers
201 books — 73 voters

Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert by Erica M. ElliottFrom Mountains to Medicine by Erica M. ElliottFrom Doctor to Healer by Erica M. Elliott M.D.Life Revisited by Laurent  GrenierA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Sciency Books For Every Curious Mind
99 books — 62 voters
The Republic by PlatoThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantThe Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. KuhnThe Will to Power by Friedrich Nietzsche
Knowledge
216 books — 142 voters


Ludwig Wittgenstein
An entire mythology is stored within our language.
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Alex Morritt
In the absence of a formally agreed, worldwide dictionary definition of 'Quotography' (in 2016), here are my two cents worth: 'Quotography is the art of pairing unique quotations with complementary images in order to express thought-provoking ideas, challenging concepts, profound sentiments'. ...more
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Langstagram Readers A Goodreads space for the Language Learning Community of Instagram.
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This is a group for people who write, read or are otherwise interested in conlangs (constructed …more
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Underground Knowledge — A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
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UMass Linguistics This is a book group hosted by the UMass Boston Applied Linguistics department. While the group …more
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