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Linguistics and Language Books

Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
Metaphors We Live By
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still (Like, Literally)
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language – A Witty Linguistics Guide to How Tongues Mix, Mutate, and Evolve
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
The Story of English in 100 Words
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything
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