Linguistics - Sociolinguistics
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Weighing the Word: Reasoning the Qur’an as Revelation
$10.95 Add to cartA comprehensive survey of traditional and contemporary views on the Qur’an, including textual, historical, sociological, philosophical, aesthetic, linguistic and experiential, brought together in an e… [more below]
- Author: Samsel, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 126
- Publish Date: June 08 2016
- ISBN10: 1908092149
- Language: English
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Why We Talk Funny: The Real Story Behind Our Accents
$32.00 Read moreA fun, smart and surprising dive into the past, present and future of accents – and the enduring power of sounding different
Accents have long held our fascination. As far back as the 7th century BCE,- Author: Fridland, Valerie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 0593830482
- Language: English
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Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don’t Rhyme–And Other Oddities of the English Language
$15.99 Add to cartFor anyone who has ever wondered why English is so weird, an entertaining and expert tour of the most puzzling parts of our language.
Maybe you’ve been speaking English all your life, or maybe you lea- Author: Okrent, Arika
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0197760910
- Language: English
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Language Shock: Understanding the Culture of Conversation
$23.99 Add to cartThe key to communication, says linguistic anthropologist Michael Agar, is understanding the context and culture of conversation. In Language Shock, Agar reveals how deeply our language and cultural v
- Author: Agar, Michael H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 16 1996
- ISBN10: 0688149499
- Language: English
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Like: A History of the World’s Most Hated (and Misunderstood) Word
$27.99 Add to cartA comprehensive and thought-provoking investigation into one of the most polarizing words in the English language.
Few words in the English language are as misunderstood as “like.” Indeed, excessive us
- Author: Reynolds, Megan C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0063415283
- Language: English
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Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
$29.00 Add to cart“Packed with fascinating facts, of-the-moment observations, and a sparkling voice, Algospeak is a gift to any word nerd. Deftly covering everything from emoji etymologies and trendbait to Taylor Swift… [more below]
- Author: Aleksic, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0593804074
- Language: English
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Speaking in Tongues
$26.99 Add to cartLanguage, historically speaking, has always been slippery. Two dictionaries provide two different maps of the universe: which one is true, or are both false? Speaking in Tongues–taking the form of a … [more below]
- Author: Coetzee, J. M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1324096454
- Language: English
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
$19.99 Add to cart- Author: Montell, Amanda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 006299316X
- Language: English
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The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed
$20.00 Read moreJean-Beno? Nadeau and Julie Barlow spent a decade traveling back and forth to Paris as well as living there. Yet one important lesson never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the F… [more below]
- Author: Barlow, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 09 2017
- ISBN10: 1250130271
- Language: English
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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature
$20.00 Read moreThis New York Times bestseller is an exciting and fearless investigation of language from the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature and The Sense of Style and Enlightenment Now.
“Curi- Author: Pinker, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143114247
- Language: English
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The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say about Us
$19.00 Add to cartA surprising and entertaining explanation of how the words we use (even the ones we don’t notice) reveal our personalities, emotions, and identities.
In The Secret Life of Pronouns, social psychologis- Author: Pennebaker, James W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1608194965
- Language: English
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The Future of Language: How Technology, Politics and Utopianism Are Transforming the Way We Communicate
$32.67 Add to cartWill language as we know it cease to exist? What could this mean for the way we live our lives?
Shining a light on the technology currently being developed to revolutionise communication, The Future o- Author: Seargeant, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1350278858
- Language: English
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Memory Speaks: On Losing and Reclaiming Language and Self
$18.95 Read more“At once an eloquent memoir, a wide-ranging commentary on cultural diversity, and an expert distillation of the research on language learning, loss, and recovery.”–The Economist
“Insightful and infor- Author: Sedivy, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 0674293932
- Language: English
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For F*ck’s Sake: Why Swearing Is Shocking, Rude, and Fun
$22.99 Add to cartWhy do we love to swear so much? Why do we get so offended when others do it? With wit and insight, philosopher Rebecca Roache seeks answers to these and other puzzling questions about bad language.
W… [more below]- Author: Roache, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0190665068
- Language: English
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Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths about America’s Lingua Franca
$17.99 Read more“Superb.” —Steven Pinker
“An explanation, a defense, and, most heartening, a celebration. . . . McWhorter demonstrates the ‘legitimacy’ of Black English by uncovering its complexity and sophistication… [more below]
- Author: McWhorter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 11 2018
- ISBN10: 1942658583
- Language: English
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Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning
$32.00 Add to cartWhether it’s brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is fundamentally a tool for conveying meaning — a uniquely human magic trick in which you vibrate your voca… [more below]
- Author: Bergen, Benjamin K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 30 2012
- ISBN10: 0465028292
- Language: English
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Contact Languages and Music
$55.00 Add to cartLanguage and music are connected in many
ways. As social and cultural practices, they have been intertwined in
multiple ways. Musical and linguistic practices are often intertwined to
express distinct an… [more below]- Author: Hollington, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: December 20 2022
- ISBN10: 9766409234
- Language: English
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The Way We Talk Now: Commentaries on Language and Culture from Npr’s Fresh Air
$16.99 Add to cartThis engaging collection of National Public Radio broadcasts and magazine pieces by one of America’s best-known linguists covers the waterfront of contemporary culture by taking stock of its words and
- Author: Nunberg, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 26 2012
- ISBN10: 0618116036
- Language: English
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Bringing Our Languages Home: Language Revitalization for Families
$27.00 Add to cartThroughout the world individuals in the intimacy of their homes innovate, improvise, and struggle daily to pass on endangered languages to their children. Elaina Albers of Northern California holds a … [more below]
- Author: Hinton, Leanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 01 2013
- ISBN10: 159714200X
- Language: English
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On Language: Chomsky’s Classic Works Language and Responsibility and Reflections on Language in One Volume
$39.67 Add to cartThe two most popular titles by the noted linguist and critic in one volume–an ideal introduction to his work.
On Language features some of Noam Chomsky’s most informal and highly accessible work. In- Author: Chomsky, Noam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 269
- Publish Date: November 01 1998
- ISBN10: 1565844750
- Language: English
