Great Books About Language

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Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language
af Douglas Hofstadter
921 medlemmer
13 anmeldelser
4
Global Rank 8
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
af Steven Pinker
5,948 medlemmer
60 anmeldelser
4
Global Rank 3
7 Members
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Bastard Tongues: A Trailblazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages
af Derek Bickerton
171 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
Global Rank 28
2 Members
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Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind
af Margalit Fox
247 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
4.1
Global Rank 23
3 Members
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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
af Nicholas Ostler
1,716 medlemmer
34 anmeldelser
4
Global Rank 1
8 Members
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Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages
af Mark Abley
640 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Global Rank 18
3 Members
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
af Lynne Truss
15,655 medlemmer
333 anmeldelser
3.8
Global Rank 45
6 Members
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The Mother Tongue
af Bill Bryson
7,745 medlemmer
156 anmeldelser
3.9
Global Rank 71
2 Members
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Mind the Gaffe: The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English
af R. L. Trask
205 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
4.1
Global Rank 70
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aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general
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How Language Works
af David Crystal
914 medlemmer
12 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Global Rank 58
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Lapsing into a Comma : A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid Them
af Bill Walsh
621 medlemmer
7 anmeldelser
4
Global Rank 72
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aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general