Linguistics Book Summaries

Language City Summary
Language City
The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
by Ross Perlin 2024 432 pages
4.21
588 ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Story Structure Architect Summary
Story Structure Architect
by Victoria Lynn Schmidt 2005 288 pages
3.83
885 ratings
Writing
Reference
Crafts
A Brief History of the Spanish Language Summary
A Brief History of the Spanish Language
by David A. Pharies 2007 248 pages
3.86
146 ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Teaching English as a Foreign Language For Dummies Summary
Teaching English as a Foreign Language For Dummies
by Michelle Maxom 2009 400 pages
3.61
127 ratings
Reference
Teaching
Linguistics
Babel No More Summary
Babel No More
The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners
by Michael Erard 2012 307 pages
3.54
1.5K ratings
Language
Linguistics
Psychology
The Language Puzzle Summary
The Language Puzzle
Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words Evolved
by Steven Mithen 2024 544 pages
3.97
269 ratings
History
Linguistics
Language
How to Learn a Foreign Language Summary
How to Learn a Foreign Language
by Graham E. Fuller 1987 102 pages
3.42
125 ratings
Language
Linguistics
Reference
Semicolon Summary
Semicolon
The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark
by Cecelia Watson 2019 213 pages
3.68
2.3K ratings
Language
Writing
History
Science and Sanity Summary
Science and Sanity
An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics
by Alfred Korzybski 1933 927 pages
4.40
386 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Woe Is I Summary
Woe Is I
The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English
by Patricia T. O'Conner 1996 240 pages
3.94
4.4K ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
Dreaming in Hindi Summary
Dreaming in Hindi
Coming Awake in Another Language
by Katherine Russell Rich 2009 384 pages
3.11
1.2K ratings
India
Memoir
Travel
Raising a Bilingual Child Summary
Raising a Bilingual Child
by Barbara Zurer Pearson 2008 346 pages
3.83
331 ratings
Parenting
Education
Language
The Unfolding of Language Summary
The Unfolding of Language
An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
by Guy Deutscher 2005 368 pages
4.22
3.9K ratings
Linguistics
Language
History
Grammar Girl's 101 Troublesome Words You'll Master in No Time Summary
Grammar Girl's 101 Troublesome Words You'll Master in No Time
by Mignon Fogarty 2012 144 pages
4.12
179 ratings
Reference
Writing
Language
Introduction to Psycholinguistics Summary
Introduction to Psycholinguistics
by Danny D. Steinberg 1995 288 pages
3.96
107 ratings
Language
Linguistics
The Third Ear Summary
The Third Ear
by Chris Lonsdale 2006 184 pages
3.75
139 ratings
Language
Psychology
Linguistics
That's Not English Summary
That's Not English
Britishisms, Americanisms, and What Our English Says About Us
by Erin Moore 2015 223 pages
3.67
844 ratings
Language
Linguistics
Humor
How to do Discourse Analysis Summary
How to do Discourse Analysis
A Toolkit
by James Paul Gee 2010 224 pages
3.94
103 ratings
Linguistics
Reference
Language
Have You Eaten Grandma? Summary
Have You Eaten Grandma?
by Gyles Brandreth 2018 256 pages
3.93
1.1K ratings
Language
Writing
Humor
Short Stories in French for Beginners Summary
Short Stories in French for Beginners
by Olly Richards 2018 252 pages
4.06
1.1K ratings
France
Short Stories
Language
Freedom and Neurobiology Summary
Freedom and Neurobiology
Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power
by John R. Searle 2005 113 pages
3.55
244 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Neuroscience
The Psychology of Language Summary
The Psychology of Language
From Data to Theory
by Trevor A. Harley 1995 624 pages
3.78
131 ratings
Linguistics
Psychology
Language
Like, Literally, Dude Summary
Like, Literally, Dude
Arguing for the Good in Bad English
by Valerie Fridland 2023 336 pages
3.84
832 ratings
Language
Linguistics
Writing
Language Hacking Guide Summary
Language Hacking Guide
by Benny Lewis 2010 129 pages
3.64
163 ratings
Language
Reference
Linguistics
Dreaming in Chinese Summary
Dreaming in Chinese
Mandarin Lessons In Life, Love, And Language
by Deborah Fallows 2010 208 pages
3.63
2.2K ratings
China
Language
Travel
A World Without "Whom" Summary
A World Without "Whom"
The Essential Guide to Language in the BuzzFeed Age
by Emmy J. Favilla 2017 311 pages
3.72
485 ratings
Language
Writing
Reference
The Secret Life of Words Summary
The Secret Life of Words
English Words and Their Origins
by Anne Curzan 2012 36 pages
4.37
498 ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Rebel with a Clause Summary
Rebel with a Clause
Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian
by Ellen Jovin 2022 400 pages
3.99
1.1K ratings
Language
Writing
Linguistics
Becoming a Translator Summary
Becoming a Translator
An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation
by Douglas Robinson 1997 320 pages
3.68
122 ratings
Linguistics
Language
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Summary
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
by Ludwig Wittgenstein 2001 142 pages
4.1
22.2K ratings
Philosophy
Logic
Classics
Introducing Linguistics Summary
Introducing Linguistics
A Graphic Guide
by R.L. Trask 1996 180 pages
3.90
976 ratings
Linguistics
Language
Philosophy
The Language Instinct Summary
The Language Instinct
How the Mind Creates Language
by Steven Pinker 2000 448 pages
4.01
22.5K ratings
Science
Linguistics
Psychology
The Well-Spoken Thesaurus Summary
The Well-Spoken Thesaurus
The Most Powerful Ways to Say Everyday Words and Phrases
by Tom Heehler 2011 400 pages
4.17
337 ratings
Writing
Reference
Communication
The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran Summary
The Syro-Aramaic Reading of the Koran
A Contribution to the Decoding of the Language of the Koran
by Christoph Luxenberg 2007 349 pages
3.85
115 ratings
Islam
Religion
History
The Origin of Language Summary
The Origin of Language
How We Learned to Speak and Why
by Madeleine Beekman 2025 320 pages
3.7
92 ratings
Science
Language
History
Wittgenstein Summary
Wittgenstein
A Very Short Introduction
by A.C. Grayling 2001 160 pages
3.72
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent
Noam Chomsky and the Media
by Mark Achbar 1994 264 pages
4.4
677 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
I Only Say This Because I Love You Summary
I Only Say This Because I Love You
How the Way We Talk Can Make or Break Family Relationships Throughout Our Lives
by Deborah Tannen 2001 368 pages
3.79
492 ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Communication
The Loom of Language Summary
The Loom of Language
An Approach to the Mastery of Many Languages
by Frederick Bodmer 1985 720 pages
4.16
396 ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
501 Spanish Verbs Summary
501 Spanish Verbs
Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses in a New Easy-To-Learn Format Alphabetically Arranged
by Christopher Kendris 1996 674 pages
4.34
1.2K ratings
Reference
Spanish Literature
Language
Words and Rules Summary
Words and Rules
by Steven Pinker 2000 397 pages
3.91
1.9K ratings
Linguistics
Language
Science
How to Learn Any Language Summary
How to Learn Any Language
Quickly, Easily, Inexpensively, Enjoyably and on Your Own
by Barry Farber 1991 172 pages
3.81
864 ratings
Language
Linguistics
Self Help
The Greatest Invention Summary
The Greatest Invention
A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts
by Silvia Ferrara 2022 304 pages
3.44
733 ratings
History
Language
Linguistics
The Secret Life of Pronouns Summary
The Secret Life of Pronouns
What Our Words Say About Us
by James W. Pennebaker 2011 368 pages
3.67
3.1K ratings
Psychology
Language
Linguistics
Translating as a Purposeful Activity Summary
Translating as a Purposeful Activity
Functionalist Approaches Explained
by Christiane Nord 1997 160 pages
4.2
65 ratings
Language
Linguistics
The Translator's Invisibility Summary
The Translator's Invisibility
A History of Translation
by Lawrence Venuti 1994 368 pages
3.79
272 ratings
Language
History
Linguistics
La sociolinguistique Summary
La sociolinguistique
by Louis-Jean Calvet 2005 128 pages
3.94
66 ratings
Linguistics
France
Sociology
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