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24 books recommended for fans of On Language by William Safire, tied together by themes of LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES.

LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language — Steven Pinker

The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the side. Sword oratoria. 15 — Fujino Ōmori

Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the side. Sword oratoria. 15 — Fujino Ōmori

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

Words on words: Quotations about language and languages — David Crystal

Words on words: Quotations about language and languages

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

Genes, Peoples and Languages — Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Genes, Peoples and Languages

Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

Healing Forces in the Word and Its Rhythms Report Verses in Rudolf Steiner’s Art of Education — Heinz Müller

Healing Forces in the Word and Its Rhythms Report Verses in Rudolf Steiner’s Art of Education

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

The History Of Language — Henry Sweet

The History Of Language

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

The Penguin Russian Course — J. L. I. Fennell

The Penguin Russian Course

J. L. I. Fennell

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

Modern Short Fiction of Southeast Asia: A Literary History (Asia Past & Present) — Teri Shaffer Yamada

Modern Short Fiction of Southeast Asia: A Literary History (Asia Past & Present)

Teri Shaffer Yamada

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

The Greater Awyu Languages of West Papua (Pacific Linguistics Pl) — Lourens De Vries

The Greater Awyu Languages of West Papua (Pacific Linguistics Pl)

Lourens De Vries

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

Concise History of the Language Sciences: From the Sumerians to the Cognitivists — E. F. K. Koerner

Concise History of the Language Sciences: From the Sumerians to the Cognitivists

E. F. K. Koerner

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

The Tyranny Of Words — Stuart Chase

The Tyranny Of Words

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

A Reference Grammar of the Northern Embera Languages: Studies in the Languages of Colombia 7 (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, Vol 134) — Charles A. Mortensen

A Reference Grammar of the Northern Embera Languages: Studies in the Languages of Colombia 7 (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, Vol 134)

Charles A. Mortensen

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

Language & Human Nature — Mark Halpern

Language & Human Nature

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

The Atlas of Unusual Languages: An exploration of language, people and geography — Zoran ; Books Nikolic (Collins)

The Atlas of Unusual Languages: An exploration of language, people and geography

Zoran ; Books Nikolic (Collins)

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

Stylistics — George W. Turner

George W. Turner

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

If Cats Disappeared from the World: A Novel — Genki Kawamura

If Cats Disappeared from the World: A Novel

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

WHAT IS LITERARY LANGUAGE PB (Open Guides to Literature) — Tambling J

WHAT IS LITERARY LANGUAGE PB (Open Guides to Literature)

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

Introducing Applied Linguistics (Penguin modern linguistics texts) — S. Pit Corder

Introducing Applied Linguistics (Penguin modern linguistics texts)

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

Language in the Modern World (Pelican) — Potter Simeon

Language in the Modern World (Pelican)

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech — Edward Sapir

Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

Kokoro — Natsume Soseki

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

Words Are Not for Hurting (Ages 4-7) (Best Behavior Series) — Elizabeth Verdick

Words Are Not for Hurting (Ages 4-7) (Best Behavior Series)

Elizabeth Verdick

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

The Languages of the World — Kenneth Katzner

The Languages of the World

Kenneth Katzner

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

Walking in Divine Health — Don Colbert

Walking in Divine Health

Themes: LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES

Fans of On Language by William Safire will find 24 titles here, all united by LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES. Authors represented include Steven Pinker, Fujino Omori, David Crystal, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, and others.

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