Free linguistics books

Linguistics is the scientific study of language. How sounds, words and sentences are built, how children learn to speak, how languages change and how they shape thought are its questions. Popular introductions sit here beside textbooks for students of the field. This list shows the ones you can read in full for free.

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Speaker's Meaning
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Speaker's Meaning

Owen Barfield

1881 · 1887 edition

118 pages

The Scholemaster
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The Scholemaster

Roger Ascham, Edward Arber

1863 · 1895 edition

200 pages

Mistrust
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Mistrust

Matthew Carey

Published 2017

128 pages

A Wife to be Lett
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A Wife to be Lett

Eliza Fowler Haywood

Published 1724

86 pages

Introduction [to Handbook of American Indian Languages]
Cover of Introduction [to Handbook of American Indian Languages]
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Introduction [to Handbook of American Indian Languages]

Franz Boas, Boas, Franz, 1858-1942. Handbook of American Indian languages, Preston Holder, Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902. Indian linguistic families of America north of Mexico

Published 1911

1098 pages

Changing the terms
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Changing the terms

Paul St. Pierre, Sherry Simon

Published 2000

305 pages

History of concepts
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History of concepts

iain Hampsher-monk, Karin Tilmans, Frank van Vree

Published 1998

293 pages

Semantics
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Semantics

Michel Breal

Published 1900

434 pages