Linguistics

A Myriad of Tongues: How Languages Reveal Differences in How We Think

2024, Winner of the PROSE Award in Language and Linguistics An award-winning look at the...

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Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global

What is Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global by Laura Spinney about? *A GUARDIAN, NEW STAT...

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The Origin of Language: How We Learned to Speak and Why

In a radical new story about the birth of our species, The Origin of Language argues that it was not...

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Reader Bot: What Happens When AI Reads and Why It Matters

What happens to human reading when AI bots can do it for us? Explosive developments in artificial i...

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The Politics of Language

In The Politics of Language, David Beaver and Jason Stanley present a radical new approach to the th...

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Schott’s Significa: An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to Language

A language taxonomy for our curious times. Every day we are surrounded by complex, private systems o...

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Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language

"Incisive and funny, this is a page turner from start to finish. Algospeak is a must read for anyone...

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The Future of Language: How Technology, Politics and Utopianism are Transforming the Way we Communicate

Will language as we know it cease to exist? What could this mean for the way we live our lives?Shini...

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The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age

A groundbreaking new account of prehistory from one of the most esteemed archaeologists working toda...

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Meaning: A Very Short Introduction

Our ability to find meaning in things is one of the most important aspects of human life. But it is...

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Psycholinguistics: A Very Short Introduction

This Very Short Introduction to psycholinguistics is an accessible and engaging description of how p...

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Endangered Languages (MIT Press Essential Knowledge)

A concise, accessible introduction to language endangerment and why it is one of the most urgent cha...

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The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary

**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024**‘Unmissable’ Stephen Fry'A delight' Katheri...

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The Ingenious Language: Nine Epic Reasons to Love Greek

“It is to the Greeks that we turn when we are sick of the vagueness, of the confusion, of our own ag...

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An Atlas of Endangered Alphabets: Writing Systems on the Verge of Vanishing

A global exploration of the many writing systems that are on the verge of vanishing, and the stories...

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