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You Are What You Speak: Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity
by Robert Lane Greene
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The Mother Tongue
by Bill Bryson
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Construal
by Lyn Frazier
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The Semantics of Clause Linking: A Cross-Linguistic Typology (Explorations in Linguistic Typology)
by R M W Dixon
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A Grammar of Semelai (Cambridge Grammatical Descriptions)
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Dictionary of English Down the Ages
by Linda Flavell
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Lexicographer's Dilemma
by Jack Lynch
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Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
by Steven Pinker
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“The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didnt betray it Id be ashamed of myself.” This declaration by Noam Chomsky exemplifies the uncompromising radicalism that has long defined his life and work. A linguist... (read more)

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Do You Make These Mistakes in English?: The Story of Sherin Cody's Famous Language School
by Edwin L Battistella
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Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language
by Robert Mccrum
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