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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,540 ratings — published 1994
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,200 ratings — published 2008
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.91 — 7,405 ratings — published 2010
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language – A Witty Linguistics Guide to How Tongues Mix, Mutate, and Evolve (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.00 — 3,259 ratings — published 2001
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.05 — 12,550 ratings — published 2019
Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.06 — 3,097 ratings — published 2005
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,069 ratings — published 2005
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.91 — 44,319 ratings — published 1990
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.91 — 11,219 ratings — published 2007
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.87 — 106,480 ratings — published 2003
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.77 — 2,799 ratings — published 2011
In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,983 ratings — published 2009
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.84 — 121,996 ratings — published 1998
Metaphors We Live By (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,961 ratings — published 1980
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.23 — 12,501 ratings — published 2011
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter — Then, Now, and Forever (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.94 — 4,338 ratings — published 2021
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.80 — 118,657 ratings — published 2021
Lingo: A Language Spotter's Guide to Europe (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.92 — 4,699 ratings — published 2014
The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,037 ratings — published 2015
Course in General Linguistics (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,666 ratings — published 1916
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.18 — 9,250 ratings — published 2017
Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.08 — 13,150 ratings — published 2014
Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.79 — 4,199 ratings — published 2018
Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still (Like, Literally)
by (shelved 9 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,951 ratings — published 2016
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,983 ratings — published 2007
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,113 ratings — published 1987
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.23 — 28,253 ratings — published 2019
The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,448 ratings — published 2014
The Story of English in 100 Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,555 ratings — published 2011
How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,334 ratings — published 2006
Words and Rules (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,929 ratings — published 1999
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.92 — 16,041 ratings — published 1994
After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.14 — 635 ratings — published 1975
The Stories of English (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,434 ratings — published 2004
The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.18 — 87,228 ratings — published 1918
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.94 — 5,153 ratings — published 2003
Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.14 — 478,253 ratings — published 2022
Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.81 — 549 ratings — published 1987
In Other Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.75 — 15,772 ratings — published 2015
Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.02 — 532 ratings — published 2007
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,717 ratings — published 2013
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.36 — 663 ratings — published 1987
How the Mind Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.99 — 21,098 ratings — published 1997
Historical Linguistics: An Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.97 — 382 ratings — published 1991
The Story of Human Language (Audio CD)
by (shelved 6 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,129 ratings — published 2004
The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,224 ratings — published 2018
Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.94 — 58,842 ratings — published 2001
The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 3.70 — 547 ratings — published 2008
Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,212 ratings — published 2016
Language Families of the World (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 5 times as language-and-linguistics)
avg rating 4.41 — 998 ratings — published 2019
