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Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 2,872 ratings — published 1993
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.01 — 22,799 ratings — published 1994
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Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.91 — 7,730 ratings — published 2010
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How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.85 — 1,351 ratings — published 2006
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An Introduction to Language An Introduction to Language (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 1,391 ratings — published 1974
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.79 — 128,484 ratings — published 2021
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After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 652 ratings — published 1975
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Metaphors We Live By Metaphors We Live By (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 7,229 ratings — published 1980
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 107,060 ratings — published 2003
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The Elements of Style The Elements of Style (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 88,595 ratings — published 1918
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38 Latin Stories: Designed to Accompany Wheelock's Latin 38 Latin Stories: Designed to Accompany Wheelock's Latin (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 322 ratings — published 1989
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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.91 — 11,312 ratings — published 2007
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Café in Berlin Café in Berlin (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.22 — 2,647 ratings — published 2013
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Going Deeper with New Testament Greek: An Intermediate Study of the Grammar and Syntax of the New Testament Going Deeper with New Testament Greek: An Intermediate Study of the Grammar and Syntax of the New Testament (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 366 ratings — published 2015
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Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.78 — 2,845 ratings — published 2011
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Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 13,898 ratings — published 2014
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Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 174 ratings — published 2008
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In Other Words In Other Words (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 16,272 ratings — published 2015
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A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (Eerdmans Language Resources (ELR)) A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (Eerdmans Language Resources (ELR))
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avg rating 4.24 — 262 ratings — published 1972
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Biblical Words and Their Meaning Biblical Words and Their Meaning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 200 ratings — published 1983
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The Loom of Language: An Approach to the Mastery of Many Languages The Loom of Language: An Approach to the Mastery of Many Languages (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 407 ratings — published 1943
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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 3,150 ratings — published 2005
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A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament & Other Early Christian Literature A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament & Other Early Christian Literature (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.56 — 883 ratings — published 1928
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Politics and the English Language Politics and the English Language (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.30 — 9,363 ratings — published 1946
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The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 5,224 ratings — published 2003
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English Phonetics and Phonology English Phonetics and Phonology (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.91 — 823 ratings — published 1983
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Wheelock's Latin Wheelock's Latin (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as language-studies)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,813 ratings — published 1956
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Basics of Biblical Greek Workbook Basics of Biblical Greek Workbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as language-studies)
avg rating 4.29 — 667 ratings — published 1993
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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 12,911 ratings — published 2019
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English Syntax and Argumentation (Modern Linguistics) English Syntax and Argumentation (Modern Linguistics)
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avg rating 3.59 — 79 ratings — published 1997
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The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts The Greatest Invention: A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as language-studies)
avg rating 3.45 — 776 ratings — published 2019
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Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as language-studies)
avg rating 3.85 — 2,008 ratings — published 2022
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Sprache und Sein Sprache und Sein (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.32 — 9,220 ratings — published 2020
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Syntactic Structures Syntactic Structures (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as language-studies)
avg rating 3.84 — 921 ratings — published 1957
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Korean Grammar in Use - Beginning Korean Grammar in Use - Beginning (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.49 — 274 ratings — published 2010
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English Grammar for Students of Latin: The Study Guide for Those Learning Latin English Grammar for Students of Latin: The Study Guide for Those Learning Latin (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 176 ratings — published 1983
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Learning Biblical Hebrew: Reading for Comprehension: An Introductory Grammar Learning Biblical Hebrew: Reading for Comprehension: An Introductory Grammar (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.54 — 67 ratings — published
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Language and Symbolic Power Language and Symbolic Power (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 1,042 ratings — published 1982
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Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 1 Cambridge Latin Course, Unit 1 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 325 ratings — published 1989
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501 French Verbs (Barron's 501 French Verbs) 501 French Verbs (Barron's 501 French Verbs)
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avg rating 4.26 — 656 ratings — published 2003
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Learn German With Stories: Ferien in Frankfurt - 10 German Short Stories for Beginners (Dino lernt Deutsch 2) Learn German With Stories: Ferien in Frankfurt - 10 German Short Stories for Beginners (Dino lernt Deutsch 2)
by (shelved 2 times as language-studies)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,289 ratings — published 2013
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Greek for Life: Strategies for Learning, Retaining, and Reviving New Testament Greek Greek for Life: Strategies for Learning, Retaining, and Reviving New Testament Greek (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 584 ratings — published
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Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as language-studies)
avg rating 4.16 — 443 ratings — published 2001
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El genio del idioma El genio del idioma (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 115 ratings — published 2004
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as language-studies)
avg rating 3.84 — 125,002 ratings — published 1998
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Thought and Language Thought and Language (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as language-studies)
avg rating 4.23 — 983 ratings — published 1934
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Syntax: A Generative Introduction Syntax: A Generative Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.87 — 453 ratings — published 2002
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Abhijit Naskar
“Whether you're native or foreign to a language isn't determined by blood, it's determined by whether you have to translate it in your head from another language.

Nativity of language has nothing to do with literacy or grammatical accuracy - any language that comes to you naturally, any language that bypasses the translation circuits of your brain, and forms spontaneous speech, albeit flawed, is your native language.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth

Abhijit Naskar
“Understanding the language is a quintessential part of understanding the culture.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

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