Linguistics

Linguistics is the science of language.

Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature
The Language of Liars
Glyph
Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
Eden
The Mulai
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter — Then, Now, and Forever
Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern
Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year
Magic Words: The New Science of Language for Persuasion, Communication, and Driving Action
The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind
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 Book on How Thousands of Tongues Evolved from One Source
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
Metaphors We Live By
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
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
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
The Life Of A Psychic Detective by Nancy Orlen WeberКонституционный строй в России. by Андрей ПолеевEssays and Letters. by Andrej PoleevBerlin - Zoologischer Garten by Andrej PoleevThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth Pastor
Enzymes book
18 books — 6 voters
Breaking the Bias of English by Vivian R. ProbstThe Power of Babel by Michel PierssensText Structure by Nelly TinchevaAfrikan Alphabets by Saki MafundikwaExophony by Yōko Tawada
•Lingualish'tics
106 books — 15 voters

Forensic Hypnosis by Whitney S. HibbardThe weather matrix and human behavior by Michael A. PersingerBecoming a Private Investigator by Howie KahnBrain Tests by Edmund ShaftesburyThe Red Market by Scott Carney
Paraforensic
145 books — 3 voters

The Celts by John CollisThe Celtic World by Jennifer PaxtonSilent Cries by Bill  StewartThe Conquest of Gaul by Gaius Julius CaesarThe History of Rome, Books 1-5 by Livy
The Celtic World Suggested Reading
82 books — 3 voters
Meditations by Marcus AureliusThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherLetters from a Stoic by SenecaThe Ra Contact by Donald Tully ElkinsTaoTuning by Adrian Emery
Knowledge
245 books — 257 voters


Charles Darwin
“ It may be worth while to illustrate this view of classification, by taking the case of languages. If we possessed a perfect pedigree of mankind, a genealogical arrangement of the races of man would afford the best classification of the various languages now spoken throughout the world; and if all extinct languages, and all intermediate and slowly changing dialects, were to be included, such an arrangement would be the only possible one. Yet it might be that some ancient languages had altered ver ...more ”
― Charles Darwin

“ We cannot control the way people interpret our ideas or thoughts, but we can control the words and tones we choose to convey them. Peace is built on understanding, and wars are built on misunderstandings. Never underestimate the power of a single word, and never recklessly throw around words. One wrong word, or misinterpreted word, can change the meaning of an entire sentence - and even start a war. And one right word, or one kind word, can grant you the heavens and open doors. ”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

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