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A Vision of a Living World: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe

A Vision of a Living World: An Essay on the Art of Building ...

Christopher Alexander

The Nature of Order (3)

The Creation of Quaker Theory: Insider Perspectives

The Creation of Quaker Theory: Insider Perspectives

Pink Dandelion

Maritime Mysteries

Maritime Mysteries

Bill Jessome

The Case of the Baited Hook

The Case of the Baited Hook

Erle Stanley Gardner

Perry Mason (16)

Category: Sociolinguistics

The Story of Ain't: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published

The Story of Ain't: America, Its Language, and the Most Controversial ...

David Skinner

Your Voice Speaks Volumes: It's Not What You Say, but How You Say It

Your Voice Speaks Volumes: It's Not What You Say, but How You ...

Jane Setter

The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us

The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us

James W. Pennebaker

The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel

The Last Lingua Franca: English Until the Return of Babel

Nicholas Ostler

Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme―And Other Oddities of the English Language

Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme―And ...

Arika Okrent

Going Nucular: Language, Politics, and Culture in Confrontational Times

Going Nucular: Language, Politics, and Culture in Confrontational ...

Geoff Nunberg

Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

Amanda Montell

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Amanda Montell

Predicting New Words: The Secrets of Their Success

Predicting New Words: The Secrets of Their Success

Allan Metcalf

Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever

Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever

John McWhorter

Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca

Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca

John McWhorter

The Language Hoax

The Language Hoax

John McWhorter

Eavesdropping: An Intimate History

Eavesdropping: An Intimate History

John L. Locke

A Is for American: Letters and Other Characters in the Newly United States

A Is for American: Letters and Other Characters in the Newly ...

Jill Lepore

Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate

Don't Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the ...

George Lakoff

The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages

The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered ...

K. David Harrison

You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity

You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and ...

Robert Lane Greene

The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang

The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang

Jonathon Green

Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English

Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English

Valerie Fridland

I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms from Around the World

I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms ...

Jag Bhalla

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