Great Books About Language

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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
door Nicholas Ostler
1,713 leden
34 besprekingen
4
8 Members
timspalding, lorax, hailelib, jjwilson61, staffordcastle, anglemark, DaynaRT, nijer
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Het taalinstinct het taalscheppende vermogen van de mens
door Steven Pinker
5,947 leden
60 besprekingen
4
7 Members
timspalding, lorax, kaixo, TedWitham, thorold, C4RO, nijer
4
Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts
door Andrew Robinson
620 leden
7 besprekingen
3.8
6 Members
timspalding, DaynaRT, kiracle, Garzo, TrulyAragorn, nijer
5
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
door John McWhorter
1,389 leden
32 besprekingen
3.8
5 Members
timspalding, DaynaRT, keristars, aulsmith, nijer
6
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
door Guy Deutscher
1,175 leden
33 besprekingen
4.2
5 Members
DaynaRT, keristars, ahef1963, Akubra, nijer
7
De gekwelde woordenaar
door Simon Winchester
12,035 leden
295 besprekingen
3.8
4 Members
clue, HollyBoggie, BookLizard, Tanya-dogearedcopy
8
Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language
door Douglas Hofstadter
921 leden
13 besprekingen
4
4 Members
andyl, lorax, lilithcat, elenchus
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Writing Systems: A Linguistic Introduction
door Geoffrey Sampson
161 leden
4
5 Members
kaixo, Garzo, aulsmith, TrulyAragorn, nijer
10
Old English and Its Closest Relatives
door Orrin W. Robinson
293 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 4.3
5 Members
anglemark, kiracle, inge87, TrulyAragorn, nijer
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
door Margalit Fox
701 leden
37 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
inge87, souloftherose, TrulyAragorn, nijer
12
Door de bril van de taal hoe woorden de wereld kleuren
door Guy Deutscher
1,215 leden
42 besprekingen
3.8
4 Members
hailelib, kaixo, Akubra, nijer
13
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
door H.W. Fowler
3,048 leden
22 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
Edward, Noisy, thorold, meghan-ellice,andyl ,aulsmith
Verklaringen
aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general
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Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
door David Bellos
825 leden
32 besprekingen
3.8
3 Members
kaixo, wandering_star, nijer
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Think On My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language
door David Crystal
119 leden
3 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
staffordcastle, HollyBoggie, TrulyAragorn
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From Elvish to Klingon: Exploring Invented Languages
door Michael Adams
124 leden
1 bespreking
3.8
3 Members
inge87, electrice, TrulyAragorn
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The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary
door Peter Gilliver
334 leden
9 besprekingen
4
3 Members
inge87, TrulyAragorn, meghan-ellice
18
Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages
door Mark Abley
640 leden
9 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
timspalding, lorax, DaynaRT
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Leven in metaforen
door George Lakoff
2,498 leden
18 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
kiracle, HollyBoggie, nijer
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Tingo en andere buitengewone woorden uit de hele wereld
door Adam Jacot de Boinod
770 leden
12 besprekingen
½ 3.5
2 Members
C4RO, martensgirl
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Language Myths
door Laurie Bauer
555 leden
9 besprekingen
½ 3.4
2 Members
Edward, Shimmin
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Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind
door Margalit Fox
247 leden
9 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
lorax, aulsmith, nijer
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Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin
door Nicholas Ostler
640 leden
10 besprekingen
3.8
3 Members
inge87, TrulyAragorn, nijer
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History in English Words
door Owen Barfield
339 leden
3 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
elenchus, TrulyAragorn, nijer
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Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
door Maryanne Wolf
1,758 leden
48 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
hipdeep, meghan-ellice
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In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology, and Myth
door J. P. Mallory
705 leden
8 besprekingen
4
2 Members
timspalding, DaynaRT
30
Experiences in Translation
door Umberto Eco
399 leden
6 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
birder4106, meghan-ellice
31
Historical Linguistics
door R. L. Trask
97 leden
½ 4.6
2 Members
Akubra, meghan-ellice
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A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
door Carl Darling Buck
126 leden
1 bespreking
4.1
2 Members
kiracle, Garzo
33
The Language Construction Kit
door Mark Rosenfelder
235 leden
6 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
andyl, aulsmith
34
Mysteries of the Alphabet: The Origins of Writing
door Marc-Alain Ouaknin
191 leden
3.8
2 Members
macoram, nijer
35
An Atlas of English Dialects
door Clive Upton
71 leden
3.8
2 Members
C4RO, nijer
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Word Play: What Happens When People Talk
door Peter Farb
295 leden
4 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
HollyBoggie, nijer
37
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
door Melvyn Bragg
1,696 leden
35 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Member
Bretzky1
38
Language in Thought and Action
door S. I. Hayakawa
940 leden
10 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog
door Kitty Burns Florey
735 leden
30 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Member
cbl_tn
40
Dissemination
door Jacques Derrida
705 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Member
paradoxosalpha
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Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants, and the Origins of Language
door Dean Falk
50 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Member
macoram
42
Weltgeschichte der Sprachen
door Harald Haarmann
33 leden
2 besprekingen
4.1
Member
birder4106
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The German Language Today: A Linguistic Introduction
door Charles Russ
26 leden
Member
kiracle
44
French Lessons: A Memoir
door Alice Kaplan
344 leden
8 besprekingen
½ 3.6
Member
cbl_tn
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Eten, vuren en beuken. Keiharde regels voor interpunctie
door Lynne Truss
15,640 leden
333 besprekingen
3.8
6 Members
staffordcastle, Noisy, AnnaClaire, suitable1, souloftherose, meghan-ellice,Edward ,andyl ,lorax ,hailelib , ,keristars , , ,aulsmith
Verklaringen
aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general
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The Story of English in 100 Words
door David Crystal
421 leden
30 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Member
Garzo
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The World's Major Languages
door Bernard Comrie
334 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 4.3
Member
aulsmith
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By Hook or By Crook
door David Crystal
265 leden
8 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Member
cbl_tn
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Languages of the World: An Introduction
door Asya Pereltsvaig
75 leden
1 bespreking
4.2
Member
Akubra
50
Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry
door Owen Barfield
374 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Member
elenchus
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Describing Morphosyntax: A Guide for Field Linguists
door Thomas E. Payne
158 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 4.5
Member
Akubra
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The English Language: A Guided Tour of the Language
door David Crystal
306 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.7
Member
C4RO
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Indo-European and Its Closest Relatives: The Eurasiatic Language FamilyVolume 1, Grammar
door Joseph Greenberg
26 leden
1 bespreking
½ 2.5
Member
kiracle
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The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages
door K. David Harrison
155 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.7
Member
Akubra
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De stof van het denken taal als venster op de menselijke natuur
door Steven Pinker
3,278 leden
38 besprekingen
3.8
Member
meghan-ellice
57
The Story of English
door Robert McCrum
2,716 leden
25 besprekingen
3.9
Member
staffordcastle,DaynaRT
58
How Language Works
door David Crystal
914 leden
12 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Member
C4RO,lorax
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The Transitive Vampire
door Karen Elizabeth Gordon
657 leden
11 besprekingen
4
Member
staffordcastle,aulsmith
Verklaringen
aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general
60
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
door Steven Pinker
1,802 leden
16 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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Stemmen zien : Reis naar de wereld van de doven
door Oliver Sacks
1,598 leden
31 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf
door Benjamin Lee Whorf
586 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 3.7
63
What Language Is: And What It Isn't and What It Could Be!
door John McWhorter
245 leden
8 besprekingen
4
64
Understanding Cultures through their Key Words
door Anna Wierzbicka
53 leden
½ 4.5
65
Translating lives : living with two languages and cultures
door Mary Besemeres
19 leden
1 bespreking
4
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Language: The Big Picture
door Peter Sharpe
16 leden
67
The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English
door Henry Hitchings
399 leden
9 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Member
nijer,Bretzky1
68
Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
door Ammon Shea
833 leden
36 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Member
AnnaClaire, ,aulsmith
Verklaringen
aulsmith : This is about doing something stupid so you can write a book about it.
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The Dictionary of Made-Up Languages: From Elvish to Klingon, The Anwa, Reella, Ealray, Yeht (Real) Origins of Invented Lexicons
door Stephen D. Rogers
80 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 3.5
Member
meghan-ellice,timspalding ,aulsmith
Verklaringen
aulsmith : It's a dictionary, not a book about anything.
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Mind the Gaffe: The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English
door R. L. Trask
205 leden
1 bespreking
4.1
Member
AnnaClaire,lorax ,DaynaRT ,aulsmith
Verklaringen
aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general
71
The Mother Tongue
door Bill Bryson
7,746 leden
156 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
hipdeep, nijer,Edward ,lorax ,DaynaRT ,
Verklaringen
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
door Bill Walsh
620 leden
7 besprekingen
4
Member
AnnaClaire,lorax ,DaynaRT ,aulsmith
Verklaringen
aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general