Great Books About Language

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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
di Nicholas Ostler
1,717 utenti
34 recensioni
4
8 Members
timspalding, lorax, hailelib, jjwilson61, staffordcastle, anglemark, DaynaRT, nijer
3
L'istinto del linguaggio: come la mente crea il linguaggio
di Steven Pinker
5,950 utenti
60 recensioni
4
7 Members
timspalding, lorax, kaixo, TedWitham, thorold, C4RO, nijer
4
Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts
di Andrew Robinson
621 utenti
7 recensioni
3.8
6 Members
timspalding, DaynaRT, kiracle, Garzo, TrulyAragorn, nijer
5
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
di John McWhorter
1,392 utenti
32 recensioni
3.8
5 Members
timspalding, DaynaRT, keristars, aulsmith, nijer
6
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
di Guy Deutscher
1,176 utenti
33 recensioni
4.2
5 Members
DaynaRT, keristars, ahef1963, Akubra, nijer
8
Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language
di Douglas Hofstadter
922 utenti
13 recensioni
4
4 Members
andyl, lorax, lilithcat, elenchus
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Writing Systems: A Linguistic Introduction
di Geoffrey Sampson
161 utenti
4
5 Members
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10
Old English and Its Closest Relatives
di Orrin W. Robinson
294 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 4.3
5 Members
anglemark, kiracle, inge87, TrulyAragorn, nijer
11
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
di Margalit Fox
702 utenti
37 recensioni
4.1
4 Members
inge87, souloftherose, TrulyAragorn, nijer
12
La lingua colora il mondo. Come le parole deformano la realtà
di Guy Deutscher
1,218 utenti
42 recensioni
3.8
4 Members
hailelib, kaixo, Akubra, nijer
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
di H.W. Fowler
3,050 utenti
23 recensioni
4.1
4 Members
Edward, Noisy, thorold, meghan-ellice,andyl ,aulsmith
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general
14
Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
di David Bellos
828 utenti
32 recensioni
3.8
3 Members
kaixo, wandering_star, nijer
15
Think On My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language
di David Crystal
119 utenti
3 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
staffordcastle, HollyBoggie, TrulyAragorn
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From Elvish to Klingon: Exploring Invented Languages
di Michael Adams
124 utenti
1 recensione
3.8
3 Members
inge87, electrice, TrulyAragorn
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The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary
di Peter Gilliver
335 utenti
9 recensioni
4
3 Members
inge87, TrulyAragorn, meghan-ellice
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Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages
di Mark Abley
640 utenti
9 recensioni
½ 3.7
3 Members
timspalding, lorax, DaynaRT
19
Metafora e vita quotidiana
di George Lakoff
2,502 utenti
18 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
kiracle, HollyBoggie, nijer
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Il senso del Tingo: le parole più pazze, curiose e divertenti del mondo
di Adam Jacot de Boinod
771 utenti
12 recensioni
½ 3.5
2 Members
C4RO, martensgirl
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Language Myths
di Laurie Bauer
556 utenti
9 recensioni
½ 3.4
2 Members
Edward, Shimmin
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Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind
di Margalit Fox
248 utenti
9 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
lorax, aulsmith, nijer
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Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin
di Nicholas Ostler
641 utenti
10 recensioni
3.8
3 Members
inge87, TrulyAragorn, nijer
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History in English Words
di Owen Barfield
340 utenti
3 recensioni
3.9
3 Members
elenchus, TrulyAragorn, nijer
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Proust e il calamaro: storia e scienza del cervello che legge
di Maryanne Wolf
1,759 utenti
49 recensioni
½ 3.7
2 Members
hipdeep, meghan-ellice
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In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology, and Myth
di J. P. Mallory
705 utenti
8 recensioni
4
2 Members
timspalding, DaynaRT
30
Dire quasi la stessa cosa: esperienze di traduzione
di Umberto Eco
399 utenti
6 recensioni
½ 3.7
2 Members
birder4106, meghan-ellice
31
Historical Linguistics
di R. L. Trask
97 utenti
½ 4.6
2 Members
Akubra, meghan-ellice
32
A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
di Carl Darling Buck
126 utenti
1 recensione
4.1
2 Members
kiracle, Garzo
33
The Language Construction Kit
di Mark Rosenfelder
235 utenti
6 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
andyl, aulsmith
34
Mysteries of the Alphabet: The Origins of Writing
di Marc-Alain Ouaknin
191 utenti
3.8
2 Members
macoram, nijer
35
An Atlas of English Dialects
di Clive Upton
71 utenti
3.8
2 Members
C4RO, nijer
36
Word Play: What Happens When People Talk
di Peter Farb
295 utenti
4 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
HollyBoggie, nijer
37
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
di Melvyn Bragg
1,699 utenti
35 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
Bretzky1
38
Language in Thought and Action
di S. I. Hayakawa
940 utenti
10 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
39
Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog
di Kitty Burns Florey
736 utenti
30 recensioni
½ 3.5
Member
cbl_tn
40
La disseminazione
di Jacques Derrida
705 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
paradoxosalpha
41
Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants, and the Origins of Language
di Dean Falk
50 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.5
Member
macoram
42
Weltgeschichte der Sprachen
di Harald Haarmann
33 utenti
2 recensioni
4.1
Member
birder4106
43
The German Language Today: A Linguistic Introduction
di Charles Russ
26 utenti
Member
kiracle
44
French Lessons: A Memoir
di Alice Kaplan
344 utenti
8 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
cbl_tn
45
Virgole per caso: tolleranza zero per gli errori di punteggiatura
di Lynne Truss
15,666 utenti
333 recensioni
3.8
6 Members
staffordcastle, Noisy, AnnaClaire, suitable1, souloftherose, meghan-ellice,Edward ,andyl ,lorax ,hailelib , ,keristars , , ,aulsmith
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general
46
The Story of English in 100 Words
di David Crystal
421 utenti
31 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
Garzo
47
The World's Major Languages
di Bernard Comrie
334 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
aulsmith
48
By Hook or By Crook
di David Crystal
265 utenti
8 recensioni
½ 3.4
Member
cbl_tn
49
Languages of the World: An Introduction
di Asya Pereltsvaig
75 utenti
1 recensione
4.2
Member
Akubra
50
Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry
di Owen Barfield
375 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 4.4
Member
elenchus
51
Describing Morphosyntax: A Guide for Field Linguists
di Thomas E. Payne
158 utenti
4 recensioni
½ 4.5
Member
Akubra
52
The English Language: A Guided Tour of the Language
di David Crystal
306 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.7
Member
C4RO
53
Indo-European and Its Closest Relatives: The Eurasiatic Language FamilyVolume 1, Grammar
di Joseph Greenberg
26 utenti
1 recensione
½ 2.5
Member
kiracle
54
The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages
di K. David Harrison
155 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.7
Member
Akubra
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Fatti di parole: la natura umana svelata dal linguaggio
di Steven Pinker
3,282 utenti
38 recensioni
3.8
Member
meghan-ellice
57
The Story of English
di Robert McCrum
2,719 utenti
25 recensioni
3.9
Member
staffordcastle,DaynaRT
58
How Language Works
di David Crystal
915 utenti
12 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
C4RO,lorax
59
The Transitive Vampire
di Karen Elizabeth Gordon
658 utenti
11 recensioni
4
Member
staffordcastle,aulsmith
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general
60
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
di Steven Pinker
1,804 utenti
16 recensioni
½ 3.7
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Vedere voci: un viaggio nel mondo dei sordi
di Oliver Sacks
1,601 utenti
31 recensioni
½ 3.7
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Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf
di Benjamin Lee Whorf
586 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.7
63
What Language Is: And What It Isn't and What It Could Be!
di John McWhorter
246 utenti
8 recensioni
4
64
Understanding Cultures through their Key Words
di Anna Wierzbicka
53 utenti
½ 4.5
65
Translating lives : living with two languages and cultures
di Mary Besemeres
19 utenti
1 recensione
4
66
Language: The Big Picture
di Peter Sharpe
16 utenti
67
The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English
di Henry Hitchings
400 utenti
9 recensioni
½ 3.5
Member
nijer,Bretzky1
68
Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
di Ammon Shea
833 utenti
36 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
AnnaClaire, ,aulsmith
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : This is about doing something stupid so you can write a book about it.
69
The Dictionary of Made-Up Languages: From Elvish to Klingon, The Anwa, Reella, Ealray, Yeht (Real) Origins of Invented Lexicons
di Stephen D. Rogers
81 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.5
Member
meghan-ellice,timspalding ,aulsmith
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : It's a dictionary, not a book about anything.
70
Mind the Gaffe: The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English
di R. L. Trask
205 utenti
1 recensione
4.1
Member
AnnaClaire,lorax ,DaynaRT ,aulsmith
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general
71
The Mother Tongue
di Bill Bryson
7,746 utenti
156 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
hipdeep, nijer,Edward ,lorax ,DaynaRT ,
Spiegazioni
lorax : An error-ridden mess.
72
Lapsing into a Comma : A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid Them
di Bill Walsh
621 utenti
7 recensioni
4
Member
AnnaClaire,lorax ,DaynaRT ,aulsmith
Spiegazioni
aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general