6 Best Linguistics Books
Goal: Find the best Linguistics books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).
Method:
- Search for "best linguistics books" and study the top 4+ pages.
- Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
- Rank the results neatly here.
6 Best Linguistics Books
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Because Internet
Understanding the New Rules of Language
by Gretchen McCulloch
Also recommended by:
The Language Instinct
How the Mind Creates Language
by Steven Pinker
Also recommended by:
Don't Believe a Word
The Surprising Truth About Language
by David Shariatmadari
How Language Works
How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die
by David Crystal
The Power of Babel
A Natural History of Language
by John McWhorter
The Stories of English
by David Crystal
Sources
- 1
Best Books on Linguistics - Take a Read! - Bunny Studio Blog
bunnystudio.com
- 2
12 Linguistics Books To Help You Learn More About Language
babbel.com
- 3
Read these 3 Books to Get the Linguistics Education You Never Had | Language Mastery
languagemastery.com
- 4
Five brilliant books to inspire a love of linguistics
tomedes.com
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