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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Greek to Me
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Greek to Me

Mary Norris

2019 · 2020 edition

240 pages

Style
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Style

Joseph M. Williams

1981 · 2010 edition

265 pages

Words And Rules
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Words And Rules

Steven Pinker, Arthur Morey

Published 1999

368 pages

Wedlock
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Wedlock

Wendy Moore

Published 2009

400 pages

Next of Kin
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Next of Kin

Stephen Mills, Roger Fouts

1997 · 1998 edition

432 pages