Lingvistik

Ord formar hur vi tänker, kommunicerar och förstår vår värld — från metaforerna som strukturerar våra tankar till de subtila skillnaderna mellan språk och dialekter. Vår lingvistiksamling utforskar vetenskapen och konsten bakom mänskligt tal och erbjuder insikter i grammatik, språkinlärning, kulturellt uttryck och de fascinerande sätt på vilka vår hjärna bearbetar mening.

Lingvistik Boksammanfattningar

Fluent Forever

av Gabriel Wyner • 2014

The sounds come first: train your ears. Then timed review cards lock words into permanent memory.

4.08

13 000+

Språk

Självhjälp

Utbildning

Fluent Forever

The sounds come first: train your ears. Then timed review cards lock words into permanent memory.

av Gabriel Wyner 2014 326 sidor

4.08

13 000+ betyg

Språk

Självhjälp

Utbildning

Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition

av Stephen D. Krashen • 1982

Grammar study is an editor, not the engine. One real conversation beats a hundred drills.

4.23

230

Utbildning

Undervisning

Learning

Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition

Grammar study is an editor, not the engine. One real conversation beats a hundred drills.

av Stephen D. Krashen 1982 212 sidor

4.23

230 betyg

Utbildning

Undervisning

Learning

Pragmatics of Human Communication

av Paul Watzlawick • 1967

Your silence speaks. Your questions command. Your fights turn on where you punctuate the story.

4.21

500+

Psykologi

Språk

Sociologi

Pragmatics of Human Communication

Your silence speaks. Your questions command. Your fights turn on where you punctuate the story.

av Paul Watzlawick 1967 304 sidor

4.21

500+ betyg

Psykologi

Språk

Sociologi

Metaphors We Live By

av George Lakoff • 1980

Metaphor isn't decoration. It's the operating system of the mind, and you never chose yours.

4.09

7 000+

Språk

Filosofi

Psykologi

Metaphors We Live By

Metaphor isn't decoration. It's the operating system of the mind, and you never chose yours.

av George Lakoff 1980 276 sidor

4.09

7 000+ betyg

Språk

Filosofi

Psykologi

You Just Don't Understand

av Deborah Tannen • 1990

Men talk to rank; women talk to bond. A collision course learned on the playground.

3.88

6 000+

Psykologi

Självhjälp

Relationer

You Just Don't Understand

Men talk to rank; women talk to bond. A collision course learned on the playground.

av Deborah Tannen 1990 342 sidor

3.88

6 000+ betyg

Psykologi

Självhjälp

Relationer

English Grammar in Use With Answers

av Raymond Murphy • 1985

English grammar that works like a reference, not a textbook: look up the rule, practice, check.

4.32

1 000+

Språk

Referens

Grammar

English Grammar in Use With Answers

English grammar that works like a reference, not a textbook: look up the rule, practice, check.

av Raymond Murphy 1985 350 sidor

4.32

1 000+ betyg

Språk

Referens

Grammar

Practical English Usage

av Michael Swan • 1981

600 A-Z entries that solve the English usage problems your textbook leaves unexplained.

4.31

1 000+

Referens

Språk

Skrivande

Practical English Usage

600 A-Z entries that solve the English usage problems your textbook leaves unexplained.

av Michael Swan 1981 658 sidor

4.31

1 000+ betyg

Referens

Språk

Skrivande

The All New Don't Think of an Elephant!

av George Lakoff • 2004

Argue in your opponent's words and you've already lost. How frames, not facts, control politics.

3.97

7 000+

Politik

Språk

Psykologi

The All New Don't Think of an Elephant!

Argue in your opponent's words and you've already lost. How frames, not facts, control politics.

av George Lakoff 2004 192 sidor

3.97

7 000+ betyg

Politik

Språk

Psykologi

Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language

av Robin I.M. Dunbar • 1996

Gossip isn't petty. It's the reason language exists: a louder, faster replacement for grooming.

4.17

500+

Vetenskap

Antropologi

Evolution

Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language

Gossip isn't petty. It's the reason language exists: a louder, faster replacement for grooming.

av Robin I.M. Dunbar 1996

4.17

500+ betyg

Vetenskap

Antropologi

Evolution

Understanding and Using English Grammar

av Betty Schrampfer Azar • 1988

A workbook that builds English sentences from tense through clause to clear, connected ideas.

4.13

1 000+

Språk

Utbildning

Referens

Understanding and Using English Grammar

A workbook that builds English sentences from tense through clause to clear, connected ideas.

av Betty Schrampfer Azar 1988 492 sidor

4.13

1 000+ betyg

Språk

Utbildning

Referens

The Limits of Interpretation

av Umberto Eco • 1990

When deconstruction declared all readings equal, Eco showed why the text itself disagrees.

4.13

500+

Filosofi

Språk

Litteratur

The Limits of Interpretation

When deconstruction declared all readings equal, Eco showed why the text itself disagrees.

av Umberto Eco 1990 304 sidor

4.13

500+ betyg

Filosofi

Språk

Litteratur

The Elements of Eloquence

av Mark Forsyth • 2013

Shakespeare didn't wait for inspiration. He studied the tricks that make phrases stick.

4.35

7 000+

Skrivande

Språk

Referens

The Elements of Eloquence

Shakespeare didn't wait for inspiration. He studied the tricks that make phrases stick.

av Mark Forsyth 2013 205 sidor

4.35

7 000+ betyg

Skrivande

Språk

Referens

Speech Acts

av John Rogers Searle • 1969

Language doesn't just describe actions. It IS action, governed by rules that create the game.

3.89

500+

Filosofi

Språk

Essäer

Speech Acts

Language doesn't just describe actions. It IS action, governed by rules that create the game.

av John Rogers Searle 1969 203 sidor

3.89

500+ betyg

Filosofi

Språk

Essäer

Reframing

av Richard Bandler • 1981

Change anyone's mind, including your own, by shifting the frame around their experience.

4.08

447

Psykologi

Självhjälp

Språk

Reframing

Change anyone's mind, including your own, by shifting the frame around their experience.

av Richard Bandler 1981 208 sidor

4.08

447 betyg

Psykologi

Självhjälp

Språk

Moral Politics

av George Lakoff • 1996

Liberals and conservatives don't just disagree; they're running different family simulations.

4.03

1 000+

Politik

Psykologi

Filosofi

Moral Politics

Liberals and conservatives don't just disagree; they're running different family simulations.

av George Lakoff 1996 512 sidor

4.03

1 000+ betyg

Politik

Psykologi

Filosofi

Effortless English

av A.J. Hoge • 2014

Grammar made you slow. The fix: massive listening, whole phrases, and a playful mindset.

4.21

500+

Självhjälp

Språk

Utbildning

Effortless English

Grammar made you slow. The fix: massive listening, whole phrases, and a playful mindset.

av A.J. Hoge 2014 192 sidor

4.21

500+ betyg

Självhjälp

Språk

Utbildning

On Language

av Noam Chomsky • 1998

All languages share a hidden architecture, and it exposes what the mind is born knowing.

3.81

1 000+

Språk

Filosofi

Psykologi

On Language

All languages share a hidden architecture, and it exposes what the mind is born knowing.

av Noam Chomsky 1998 481 sidor

3.81

1 000+ betyg

Språk

Filosofi

Psykologi

Algospeak

av Adam Aleksic • 2025

Censorship algorithms didn't kill language online. They made it weirder, faster, more creative.

3.70

5 000+

Språk

Sociologi

Teknik

Algospeak

Censorship algorithms didn't kill language online. They made it weirder, faster, more creative.

av Adam Aleksic 2025 256 sidor

3.70

5 000+ betyg

Språk

Sociologi

Teknik

Language, Truth and Logic

av Alfred Jules Ayer • 1936

A single test separates meaningful statements from nonsense, and most of philosophy fails it.

3.75

4 000+

Filosofi

Språk

Vetenskap

Language, Truth and Logic

A single test separates meaningful statements from nonsense, and most of philosophy fails it.

av Alfred Jules Ayer 1936 160 sidor

3.75

4 000+ betyg

Filosofi

Språk

Vetenskap

Mind

av Paul Thagard • 1996

Logic, concepts, images, analogies, neural nets: the mind's many tools, mapped in one framework.

3.66

249

Vetenskap

Psykologi

Filosofi

Mind

Logic, concepts, images, analogies, neural nets: the mind's many tools, mapped in one framework.

av Paul Thagard 1996 278 sidor

3.66

249 betyg

Vetenskap

Psykologi

Filosofi

The Myth of Mars and Venus

av Deborah Cameron • 2007

Verbal ability overlaps 99.75% between sexes. The gender-communication industry is built on noise.

4.03

482

Språk

Genus

Feminism

The Myth of Mars and Venus

Verbal ability overlaps 99.75% between sexes. The gender-communication industry is built on noise.

av Deborah Cameron 2007 208 sidor

4.03

482 betyg

Språk

Genus

Feminism

The Sense of Style

av Steven Pinker • 2014

Why can't smart people write clearly? A cognitive scientist blames one mental blind spot.

4.04

9 000+

Skrivande

Språk

Psykologi

The Sense of Style

Why can't smart people write clearly? A cognitive scientist blames one mental blind spot.

av Steven Pinker 2014 368 sidor

4.04

9 000+ betyg

Skrivande

Språk

Psykologi

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

av John Koenig • 2018

The feelings you've always had finally have names: an invented dictionary for the human condition.

4.45

6 000+

Språk

Filosofi

Referens

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

The feelings you've always had finally have names: an invented dictionary for the human condition.

av John Koenig 2018 272 sidor

4.45

6 000+ betyg

Språk

Filosofi

Referens

The Bestseller Code

av Jodie Archer • 2016

An algorithm spots bestsellers with 80 percent accuracy, reading signals no writing class teaches.

3.81

1 000+

Skrivande

Böcker om böcker

Teknik

The Bestseller Code

An algorithm spots bestsellers with 80 percent accuracy, reading signals no writing class teaches.

av Jodie Archer 2016 242 sidor

3.81

1 000+ betyg

Skrivande

Böcker om böcker

Teknik

The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition

av Michael Tomasello • 1999

Reading each other's goals let knowledge stockpile across generations, changing the mind forever.

4.13

292

Psykologi

Antropologi

Evolution

The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition

Reading each other's goals let knowledge stockpile across generations, changing the mind forever.

av Michael Tomasello 1999 256 sidor

4.13

292 betyg

Psykologi

Antropologi

Evolution

The Linguist

av Steve Kaufmann • 2003

The method that builds fluency through audio, reading, and self-guided practice, not grammar drills.

3.47

200

Språk

Självhjälp

Utbildning

The Linguist

The method that builds fluency through audio, reading, and self-guided practice, not grammar drills.

av Steve Kaufmann 2003 146 sidor

3.47

200 betyg

Språk

Självhjälp

Utbildning

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language

av David W. Anthony • 2007

English and Sanskrit share an ancestor spoken by Bronze Age herders. Horse and wheel spread it.

3.99

4 000+

Historia

Arkeologi

Antropologi

The Horse, the Wheel, and Language

English and Sanskrit share an ancestor spoken by Bronze Age herders. Horse and wheel spread it.

av David W. Anthony 2007 568 sidor

3.99

4 000+ betyg

Historia

Arkeologi

Antropologi

The Stuff of Thought

av Steven Pinker • 2007

Every sentence you speak betrays the mind's hidden assumptions about space, time, and cause.

3.91

11 000+

Psykologi

Språk

Vetenskap

The Stuff of Thought

Every sentence you speak betrays the mind's hidden assumptions about space, time, and cause.

av Steven Pinker 2007 499 sidor

3.91

11 000+ betyg

Psykologi

Språk

Vetenskap

English Vocabulary in Use Elementary

av Michael McCarthy • 1999

Core English vocabulary, taught through the topics of daily life: home, work, food, and more.

4.19

335

Språk

Referens

Utbildning

English Vocabulary in Use Elementary

Core English vocabulary, taught through the topics of daily life: home, work, food, and more.

av Michael McCarthy 1999 170 sidor

4.19

335 betyg

Språk

Referens

Utbildning

Becoming Fluent

av Roger J. Kreuz • 2015

You learn languages better as an adult. The cognitive science behind your hidden advantages.

3.60

1 000+

Språk

Psykologi

Självhjälp

Becoming Fluent

You learn languages better as an adult. The cognitive science behind your hidden advantages.

av Roger J. Kreuz 2015 226 sidor

3.60

1 000+ betyg

Språk

Psykologi

Självhjälp

Fluent in 3 Months

av Benny Lewis • 2014

Skip the classroom: why broken sentences now beat years of silent preparation.

3.66

5 000+

Språk

Självhjälp

Utbildning

Fluent in 3 Months

Skip the classroom: why broken sentences now beat years of silent preparation.

av Benny Lewis 2014 256 sidor

3.66

5 000+ betyg

Språk

Självhjälp

Utbildning

Origins of Human Communication

av Michael Tomasello • 1999

Language didn't start with a code. It started with pointing, pantomime, and the urge to help.

4.14

299

Psykologi

Språk

Vetenskap

Origins of Human Communication

Language didn't start with a code. It started with pointing, pantomime, and the urge to help.

av Michael Tomasello 1999 393 sidor

4.14

299 betyg

Psykologi

Språk

Vetenskap

Uncovering the Logic of English

av Denise Eide • 2011

Thirty rules explain 98% of English spellings. Schools quit teaching them; here they are.

4.53

1 000+

Utbildning

Undervisning

Språk

Uncovering the Logic of English

Thirty rules explain 98% of English spellings. Schools quit teaching them; here they are.

av Denise Eide 2011 199 sidor

4.53

1 000+ betyg

Utbildning

Undervisning

Språk

Polyglot

av Kató Lomb • 1970

How an interpreter learned 16 languages after age 30, using books instead of classrooms.

3.81

1 000+

Språk

Utbildning

Memoar

Polyglot

How an interpreter learned 16 languages after age 30, using books instead of classrooms.

av Kató Lomb 1970 216 sidor

3.81

1 000+ betyg

Språk

Utbildning

Memoar

How to Speak Any Language Fluently

av Alex Rawlings • 2017

The routines, memory tricks, and confidence builders that turn a silent learner fluent.

3.85

499

Självhjälp

Språk

Utbildning

How to Speak Any Language Fluently

The routines, memory tricks, and confidence builders that turn a silent learner fluent.

av Alex Rawlings 2017 216 sidor

3.85

499 betyg

Självhjälp

Språk

Utbildning

The Glamour of Grammar

av Roy Peter Clark • 2010

How the comma, the semicolon, and the well-chosen verb become instruments of style.

3.84

1 000+

Skrivande

Språk

Referens

The Glamour of Grammar

How the comma, the semicolon, and the well-chosen verb become instruments of style.

av Roy Peter Clark 2010

3.84

1 000+ betyg

Skrivande

Språk

Referens

Philosophical Investigations

av Ludwig Wittgenstein • 1953

Philosophy's deepest problems dissolve when you stop asking what words mean and watch how they work.

4.26

15 000+

Filosofi

Klassiker

Psykologi

Philosophical Investigations

Philosophy's deepest problems dissolve when you stop asking what words mean and watch how they work.

av Ludwig Wittgenstein 1953 246 sidor

4.26

15 000+ betyg

Filosofi

Klassiker

Psykologi

Verbal Advantage

av Charles Harrington Elster • 2000

Ten levels that take your vocabulary from competent to commanding, one word at a time.

4.51

500+

Självhjälp

Språk

Skrivande

Verbal Advantage

Ten levels that take your vocabulary from competent to commanding, one word at a time.

av Charles Harrington Elster 2000 459 sidor

4.51

500+ betyg

Självhjälp

Språk

Skrivande

The Power of Language

av Viorica Marian • 2023

Language doesn't just describe your world. It builds it. A second language builds a second you.

4.06

1 000+

Språk

Psykologi

Vetenskap

The Power of Language

Language doesn't just describe your world. It builds it. A second language builds a second you.

av Viorica Marian 2023 288 sidor

4.06

1 000+ betyg

Språk

Psykologi

Vetenskap

You Are What You Speak

av Robert Lane Greene • 2011

Grammar rules are recent inventions, language decline is a myth, and purism is identity politics.

3.86

500+

Språk

Politik

Historia

You Are What You Speak

Grammar rules are recent inventions, language decline is a myth, and purism is identity politics.

av Robert Lane Greene 2011 320 sidor

3.86

500+ betyg

Språk

Politik

Historia

Mother Tongue

av Christine Gilbert • 2016

A family's two-year quest to learn Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish abroad. But her toddler objected.

3.72

449

Memoar

Resor

Språk

Mother Tongue

A family's two-year quest to learn Mandarin, Arabic, and Spanish abroad. But her toddler objected.

av Christine Gilbert 2016 333 sidor

3.72

449 betyg

Memoar

Resor

Språk

Fundamentals of English Grammar

av Betty Schrampfer Azar • 1985

Make grammar stick: know when to pair up, when to correct, and when to step aside.

4.18

500+

Språk

Utbildning

Undervisning

Fundamentals of English Grammar

Make grammar stick: know when to pair up, when to correct, and when to step aside.

av Betty Schrampfer Azar 1985 398 sidor

4.18

500+ betyg

Språk

Utbildning

Undervisning

The Mother Tongue

av Bill Bryson • 1990

Why English spelling is a mess, dialects baffle, and a Germanic tongue now rules the world.

3.91

44 000+

Historia

Språk

Humor

The Mother Tongue

Why English spelling is a mess, dialects baffle, and a Germanic tongue now rules the world.

av Bill Bryson 1990 270 sidor

3.91

44 000+ betyg

Historia

Språk

Humor

Because Internet

av Gretchen McCulloch • 2019

Why a period feels angry and emoji work like gestures: the hidden grammar of internet English.

4.04

12 000+

Språk

Vetenskap

Sociologi

Because Internet

Why a period feels angry and emoji work like gestures: the hidden grammar of internet English.

av Gretchen McCulloch 2019 273 sidor

4.04

12 000+ betyg

Språk

Vetenskap

Sociologi

Dreyer's English

av Benjamin Dreyer • 2019

A copy chief teaches the cuts, the commas, and the confidence to write clear, unstoppable prose.

4.34

9 000+

Skrivande

Referens

Språk

Dreyer's English

A copy chief teaches the cuts, the commas, and the confidence to write clear, unstoppable prose.

av Benjamin Dreyer 2019 269 sidor

4.34

9 000+ betyg

Skrivande

Referens

Språk

Swearing Is Good for You

av Emma Byrne • 2017

Swearing isn't a character flaw. It is a biological tool that dulls pain and forges trust.

3.48

2 000+

Vetenskap

Psykologi

Språk

Swearing Is Good for You

Swearing isn't a character flaw. It is a biological tool that dulls pain and forges trust.

av Emma Byrne 2017 240 sidor

3.48

2 000+ betyg

Vetenskap

Psykologi

Språk

Language in Thought and Action

av S.I. Hayakawa • 1991

Most arguments and prejudices come from one error: treating words as if they were facts.

4.22

1 000+

Språk

Psykologi

Filosofi

Language in Thought and Action

Most arguments and prejudices come from one error: treating words as if they were facts.

av S.I. Hayakawa 1991 224 sidor

4.22

1 000+ betyg

Språk

Psykologi

Filosofi

The Written World

av Martin Puchner • 2017

Significance has a blueprint most people overlook, and it has nothing to do with your resume.

3.93

1 000+

Kristendom

Självhjälp

Christian Faith

The Written World

Significance has a blueprint most people overlook, and it has nothing to do with your resume.

av Martin Puchner 2017 537 sidor

3.93

1 000+ betyg

Kristendom

Självhjälp

Christian Faith

The Language Game

av Morten H. Christiansen • 2022

Language isn't a fixed code; it's a second-by-second improvisation that built human culture.

4.02

462

Språk

Vetenskap

Psykologi

The Language Game

Language isn't a fixed code; it's a second-by-second improvisation that built human culture.

av Morten H. Christiansen 2022 304 sidor

4.02

462 betyg

Språk

Vetenskap

Psykologi

Words on the Move

av John McWhorter • 2016

Writing froze the language in your head; speech has been moving the whole time.

4.14

1 000+

Språk

Historia

Skrivande

Words on the Move

Writing froze the language in your head; speech has been moving the whole time.

av John McWhorter 2016 257 sidor

4.14

1 000+ betyg

Språk

Historia

Skrivande

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