The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind’s Greatest Invention – Guy Deutscher
A book on the forces that keep language dynamic.
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Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever – John McWhorter
John McWhorter is a favorite of mine, so I am admittedly biased. But I enjoyed it.
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The Story of English in 100 Words – David Crystal
David Crystal wrote a nice little coffee-table of linguistic factoid.
Talk on the Wild Side – Lane Greene
I seem not to be tiring of books on linguistics. It may be because books like this are just so interesting that I don’t mind going over the same information over again.
How Language Began – Daniel Everett
Daniel Everett’s ‘How Language Began’ might as well be called ‘why Chomsky is wrong.’ It’s also a very compelling argument.
Failures in Polymathy 