The most popular 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.

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The Art of Rhetoric
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The Art of Rhetoric

Aristotle, Harvey Yunis, John Henry Freese

1992 · 2021 edition

552 pages

Metaphors We Live By
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Metaphors We Live By

Mark Johnson, George Lakoff

1980 · 2003 edition

256 pages

Proto
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Proto

Laura Spinney

Published 2025

352 pages

Come Close
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Come Close

Sappho

Published 2015

64 pages

S/Z
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S/Z

Roland Barthes

1970 · 1990 edition

271 pages

The Lost Spells
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The Lost Spells

Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris

Published 2020

240 pages