Linguistics

National treasure and renowned wit Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these celebrated programmes....

National treasure and renowned wit Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these celebrated programmes....

Learn how a single tongue spoken 150,000 years ago evolved into the estimated 6,000 languages used around the world today....

National treasure and renowned wit Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these celebrated programmes....

National treasure and renowned wit Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these celebrated programmes....

Memory is the greatest challenge to learning a foreign language; there are just too many words and too many rules....

National treasure and renowned wit Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these celebrated programmes....

National treasure and renowned wit Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these celebrated programmes....

The history of a language is the history of the people who speak it, those who read and write it, and those who come into contact with it. Now, this series invites you to explore your heritage from an unconventional angle: through the origin and development of the English language....

In a single volume, the seminal writings of the world's leading philosopher, linguist, and critic, published to coincide with his 80th birthday....

Language evolves with time, and so does what we consider profane or unspeakable. Nine Nasty Words is a rollicking examination of profanity, explored from every angle: historical, sociological, political, linguistic....

Described by the New York Times as "arguably the most important intellectual alive," Noam Chomsky is known throughout the world for his highly influential writings on language and politics....

Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Learn more in this audiobook....

Using minimal technical terms, First You Write a Sentence is Professor Joe Moran's unpedantic but authoritative explanation of how the most ordinary words can be turned into verbal constellations of extraordinary grace.... 

Amanda Montell, feminist linguist and features editor at online magazine Byrdie, explains why words matter and why it’s imperative that women embrace their unique relationship with language....

This ambitious and provocative new book offers an impassioned look at reading....

Peterson offers a captivating overview of language creation, covering its history from Tolkien's creations and Klingon to today's thriving global community of conlangers....

This is the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language....

The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power....

This volume celebrates six such languages - Ancient Greek, Latin, Old English, Sanskrit, Old Irish, and Biblical Hebrew - by first introducing listeners to their most distinctive features, then showing how these linguistic traits play out in short excerpts from actual ancient texts....

Twelve billionaires rule the United States, while those called freemen are forced to serve the rich. But that was 60 years ago, before the Scarlet Plague....

Full of unforgettable characters and humour, this is the original edition of On Our Selection as it was first written....

Phineas Finn, a handsome young man of 23, comes to England to make his fortune in parliamentary politics....

Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings....

Until now, we have been like sailors at sea without a compass to keep us on track in our journey toward truth and enlightenment....

Steven Pinker looks at how the relationship between words and thoughts can help us understand who we are....

Since it became an international best-seller in 2004, Don't Think of an Elephant! has been the definitive handbook for progressives who want to articulate their goals....