Linguistics
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Bookish Words & Their Surprising Stories
$25.00 Add to cartTravel through time with words that have shaped the trajectory of the English language across centuries.
The world of books has played a striking role in the history of English vocabulary. “Book” itse
- Author: Crystal, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246517
- Language: English
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English Short Stories for Intermediate Learners: Learn English and Build Your Vocabulary the Fun and Easy Way
$8.99 Add to cartAre you learning English? If so, that’s great!
We would like to help you on your journey to learn English to fluency.Reading in English is perhaps the most effective way to build up your vocabulary. W
- Author: Guru, Language
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: November 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1950321444
- Language: English
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The Origin of Language: How We Learned to Speak and Why
$29.99 Add to cartIn a radical new story about the birth of our species, The Origin of Language argues that it was not hunting, fighting, or tool-making that forced early humans to speak, but the inescapable need to ca… [more below]
- Author: Beekman, Madeleine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 166806605X
- Language: English
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Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland
$28.00 Add to cartWith warmth, a popular radio and podcast host shares her love of language, weaving together linguistic history, regional phrases, the hidden poetry in etymologies, new words, and stories from her life… [more below]
- Author: Barnette, Martha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1419778846
- Language: English
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Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages
$29.95 Add to cartAn enthralling tour of the world’s rarest and most endangered languages
Languages and cultures are becoming increasingly homogenous, with the resulting loss of a rich linguistic tapestry reflecting un- Author: Gibb, Lorna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0691274177
- 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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Language and Life on Ocracoke: The Living History of the Brogue
$25.00 Add to cartIn this follow-up to the celebrated Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks, Jeffrey Reaser, Walt Wolfram, and Candy Gaskill have produced the most comprehensive linguistic look at Ocracoke yet. Many visitors ar… [more below]
- Author: Reaser, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1469685299
- Language: English
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Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
$29.99 Add to cartThe enthralling story of how today’s largest language family, spoken by nearly half the world’s population, descended from one ancient dialect.
Daughter. Duhit?r-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these Englis- Author: Spinney, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1639732586
- 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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Bye Bye I Love You: The Story of Our First and Last Words
$32.95 Add to cartA beautiful and intimate exploration of first and last words–and the many facets of how language begins and ends–from a pioneering language writer.
With our earliest utterances, we announce ourselve- Author: Erard, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0262049422
- Language: English
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Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, a captivating portrait of contemporary New York City through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages, diving into the incredible
- Author: Perlin, Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0802164196
- Language: English
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Literary Theory for Robots: How Computers Learned to Write
$12.00 Add to cartLiterary Theory for Robots reveals the hidden history of modern machine intelligence, taking readers on a spellbinding journey from medieval Arabic philosophy to visions of a universal language, past
- Author: Tenen, Dennis Yi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1324105054
- Language: English
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The Only Grammar Book You’ll Ever Need, Updated Edition: Your One-Stop Source for Mastering English Grammar
$13.99 Add to cartMaster the art of English grammar with this updated edition of the bestselling guide, The Only Grammar Book You’ll Ever Need, featuring fresh examples and quizzes to test your knowledge, making it an … [more below]
- Author: Thurman, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1507223684
- Language: English
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Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words
$28.00 Add to cartWith his trademark humor and flair, bestselling linguist John McWhorter busts the myths and shares the history of the most controversial language topic of our times: pronouns
The nature of language is- Author: McWhorter, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0593713281
- Language: English
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Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English
$24.95 Add to cartA spot-on guide to how and why Americans have become so bloody keen on Britishisms–for good or ill
The British love to complain that words and phrases imported from America–from French fries to Awes- Author: Yagoda, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0691262292
- Language: English
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Linguistics for Dummies
$19.99 Add to cartThe fascinating, fun, and friendly way to understand the science behind human language
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics students study how languages are constructed,
- Series: For Dummies
- Author: Dechaine, Rose-Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 06 2012
- ISBN10: 1118091698
- Language: English
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Write English with Tengwar: A Workbook for English General Use
$9.99 Add to cartWant to write like an elf, but not learn a language? Then this book is for you
Welcome to General Use Tengwar, a mode Tolkien developed for using his Elven letters to write English. He used it to writ
- Series: Write Like an Elf #1
- Author: Jallings, Fiona Albini
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 60
- Publish Date: February 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1087864151
- Language: English
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What School Leaders Need to Know about English Learners
$62.27 Add to cartSchool leaders have the unique opportunity and responsibility to play a crucial role in creating a culture of high expectations and an environment of support so that English learners can succeed and c… [more below]
- Author: Dormer, Jan Edwards
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: September 10 2016
- ISBN10: 1942799845
- Language: English
