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Guilty by Definition (The Clarendon Lexicographers #1)

Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature

How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words

Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global

Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking

Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language

True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color—from Azure to Zinc Pink

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life

How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth

Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter — Then, Now, and Forever

How to Speak Whale: The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals

Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary

The Mesopotamian Riddle: An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman, and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing

Latim em pó: Um passeio pela formação do nosso português

Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern

Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle

The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape

The Power of Language: How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds

The Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved

Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo

How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog

Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds

The Language-Lover's Lexipedia: An A-Z of Linguistic Curiosities

Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland

Always Carry Salt: A Memoir of Preserving Language and Culture

Enough Is Enuf: Our Failed Attempts to Make English Eezier to Spell

Dictionary of Fine Distinctions: Nuances, Niceties, and Subtle Shades of Meaning

Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings

The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China

Winters in the World: A Journey through the Anglo-Saxon Year

The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone

America, My Love, America, My Heart: A Powerful Picture Book About Race and Identity for Kids (Ages 4-8)

Useless Etymology: Offbeat Word Origins for Curious Minds

The Grammar of Angels: A Search for the Magical Powers of Language in Renaissance Italy

More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI

Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages

Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas

Vita mortale e immortale della bambina di Milano

The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times

Names of New York: Discovering the City's Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names

What Writers Read: 35 Writers on Their Favourite Book

Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York

Says Who? A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words

Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration

The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

Words from Hell: Unearthing the Darkest Secrets of English Etymology

The Battle of Maldon together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son and 'The Tradition of Versification in Old English'

Magic Words: The New Science of Language for Persuasion, Communication, and Driving Action

The People's Tongue: Americans and the English Language

Listen to the Land Speak: A Journey into the Wisdom of What Lies Beneath Us

Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words

An Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark!

The Hanmoji Handbook: Your Guide to the Chinese Language Through Emoji

Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian

The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle – A Memoir and Historical Account of Word Games and Female Resistance

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Quotes Tagged “Language”

“ For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice. ...more ”
― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

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“ i do not say 'good-bye.' i believe that's one of the bullshittiest words ever invented. it's not like you're given the choice to say 'bad-bye' or 'awful-bye' or 'couldn't-care-less-about-you-bye.' every time you leave, it's supposed to be a good one. well, i don't believe in that. i believe against that. ...more ”
― David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson

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