Linguistics Book Summaries

Raising a Bilingual Child Summary
Raising a Bilingual Child
by Barbara Zurer Pearson 2008 346 pages
3.83
100+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Language
Introduction to Psycholinguistics Summary
Introduction to Psycholinguistics
by Danny D. Steinberg 1995 288 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Freedom and Neurobiology Summary
Freedom and Neurobiology
Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power
by John R. Searle 2005 113 pages
3.55
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Neuroscience
Dreaming in Chinese Summary
Dreaming in Chinese
Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, And Language
by Deborah Fallows 2010 208 pages
3.63
2k+ ratings
China
Language
Travel
Philosophical Investigations Summary
Philosophical Investigations
by Ludwig Wittgenstein 1953 246 pages
4.26
15k+ ratings
Philosophy
Language
Classics
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
3k+ ratings
Linguistics
Language
History
Verbal Advantage Summary
Verbal Advantage
10 Steps to a Powerful Vocabulary
by Charles Harrington Elster 2000 459 pages
4.52
500+ ratings
Language
Writing
Self Help
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
4k+ ratings
Writing
Reference
Language
Becoming a Translator Summary
Becoming a Translator
An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Translation
by Douglas Robinson 1997 320 pages
3.68
100+ ratings
Linguistics
Language
The Psychology of Language Summary
The Psychology of Language
From Data to Theory
by Trevor A. Harley 1995 624 pages
3.78
100+ ratings
Linguistics
Psychology
Language
Language Hacking Guide Summary
Language Hacking Guide
by Benny Lewis 2010 129 pages
3.64
100+ ratings
Language
Reference
Linguistics
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
100+ ratings
Language
Writing
Reference
Dreaming in Hindi Summary
Dreaming in Hindi
Coming Awake in Another Language
by Katherine Russell Rich 2009 384 pages
3.11
1k+ ratings
India
Memoir
Travel
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Summary
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
by John Koenig 2021 272 pages
4.46
5k+ ratings
Poetry
Language
Philosophy
Fundamentals of English Grammar Summary
Fundamentals of English Grammar
by Betty Schrampfer Azar 1985 398 pages
4.18
500+ ratings
Language
Education
Reference
Rebel with a Clause Summary
Rebel with a Clause
Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian
by Ellen Jovin 2022 400 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Language
Writing
Linguistics
The Third Ear Summary
The Third Ear
by Chris Lonsdale 2006 184 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Language
Psychology
Linguistics
A Brief History of the Spanish Language Summary
A Brief History of the Spanish Language
by David A. Pharies 2007 248 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
The Secret Life of Words Summary
The Secret Life of Words
English Words and Their Origins
by Anne Curzan 2012 36 pages
4.37
100+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
History
Like, Literally, Dude Summary
Like, Literally, Dude
Arguing for the Good in Bad English
by Valerie Fridland 2023 336 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Writing
Short Stories in French for Beginners Summary
Short Stories in French for Beginners
by Olly Richards 2018 252 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
France
Short Stories
Language
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