Great Books About Language

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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
di John McWhorter
1,389 utenti
32 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 5
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In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology, and Myth
di J. P. Mallory
705 utenti
8 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 27
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Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages
di Mark Abley
640 utenti
9 recensioni
½ 3.7
Classifica globale 18
3 Members
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Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts
di Andrew Robinson
620 utenti
7 recensioni
3.8
Classifica globale 4
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L'istinto del linguaggio: come la mente crea il linguaggio
di Steven Pinker
5,947 utenti
60 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 3
7 Members
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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
di Nicholas Ostler
1,713 utenti
34 recensioni
4
Classifica globale 1
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The Dictionary of Made-Up Languages: From Elvish to Klingon, The Anwa, Reella, Ealray, Yeht (Real) Origins of Invented Lexicons
di Stephen D. Rogers
80 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.5
Classifica globale 69
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Spiegazioni
aulsmith : It's a dictionary, not a book about anything.