Pop linguistics books
By Gretchen McCulloch
By Gretchen McCulloch
A few recent nonfiction books about linguistics, language, dictionaries, conlanging for a general audience!
Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhymedland Other Oddities of the English Language
Arika Okrent and Sean O'Neill
$21.99 $20.45
A Little Book of Language
David Crystal
$17.00 $15.81If you're looking for something for younger readers!
The Language Lover's Puzzle Book: A World Tour of Languages and Alphabets in 100 Amazing Puzzles
Alex Bellos
$16.95 $15.76
The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building
David J. Peterson
$20.00 $18.60
In the Land of Invented Languages: A Celebration of Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius
Arika Okrent
$18.00 $16.74
Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
Michael Erard
$20.00 $18.60
Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks
Keith Houston
$18.95 $17.62
The 5-Minute Linguist: Bite-Sized Essays on Language and Languages
Walt Wolfram and Caroline Myrick
$26.39