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The Best Books About Language Learning & Linguistics


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Lindsay is back on the Fluent Show today and we're talking about the best books about languages and linguistics.

*NOTE: The Fluent Show is now on a podcast break until 6 May, but you can catch up with mini episodes of "Fluent in Isolation" at Patreon.com

We discussed the following books - all linked below on amazon.com and on hive.co.uk.

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  • David Crystal’s ANYTHING, out of which we discussed
    • Encyclopedia of Language
    • You say Potato
    • Spell it out
    • Becoming Fluent by Roger Kreuz and Richard Roberts
    • Lingo and Babel by Gaston Dorren
    • Because Internet by Gretchen McCulloch
    • Academic Books
      • Teaching and Researching: Motivation by Zóltan Dörnyei and Ema Ushioda
      • An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching by Keith Johnson
      • Guide/Entertainment
        • Tingo by Adam Jacot de Boinot
        • Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner
        • How to Speak Any Language Fluently by Alex Rawlings
        • Fluent in 3 Months by Benny Lewis
        • PLUG: [Oh hey, I wrote some too!](www.fluentlanguage.co.uk/boxset)
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          Links:

          • David Crystal - Wikipedia
          • All David Crystal Books on Amazon.co.uk
          • All David Crystal Books on Amazon.com
          • Lindsay's Book of 2019 on Youtube
          • Lindsay's Coronavirus Support page
          • My Review of Becoming Fluent
          • Gaston Dorren Books on Hive.co.uk
          • All Gaston Dorren books on Amazon.com
          • The Fluent Show: Professor Emoji 👩🏼‍🏫 Stops by to Explain How We Use Language Online 😍 (with Dr Monica Riordan)
          • Teaching and Researching: Motivation (Applied Linguistics in Action) - Kindle edition by Dörnyei, Zoltán, Ushioda, Ema. Reference Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
          • Teaching and Researching: Motivation on hive.co.uk
          • An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching: Keith Johnson on hive.co.uk
          • Amazon.com: An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching by Keith Johnson
          • Bilingual Education Expert Marianna du Bosq
          • Toujours Tingo on hive.co.uk
          • The Meaning of Tingo on amazon.com
          • Fluent Guides Box Set — Two guides I wrote to help you learn languages
          • How to Speak Any Language Fluently by Alex Rawlings on Amazon.com.
          • How to Speak Any Language Fluently by Alex Rawlings on hive.co.uk
          • Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner
          • Fluent in 3 Months by Benny Lewis on hive.co.uk
          • Fluent in 3 Months by Benny Lewis on amazon.com
          • terminology - What does a computational linguist actually do? - Linguistics Stack Exchange
          • All Things Linguistic
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