Language Arts, February 2017 | Best Sellers

by LJ Reviews
Feb 02, 2017 | Filed in Reviews+
May 2016 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
May 2016 to date as identified by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO
  1. Enough Said: What’s Gone Wrong with the Language of Politics? Thompson, Mark St. Martin’s Press 2016. ISBN 9781250059574. $27.99
  2. The Kingdom of Speech Wolfe, Tom Little, Brown 2016. ISBN 9780316404624. $26
  3. In Praise of Profanity Adams, Michael Oxford University Press 2016. ISBN 9780199337583. $17.95
  4. What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves Bergen, Benjamin K. Basic Books: Perseus 2016. ISBN 9780465060917. $27.99
  5. Are Some Languages Better Than Others? Dixon, Robert M.W. Oxford University Press 2016. ISBN 9780198766810. $40
  6. Raciolinguistics: How Language Shapes Our Ideas About Race Alim, H. Samy Oxford University Press 2016. ISBN 9780190625696. $34.95
  7. Words on the Move: Why English Won’t—and Can’t—Sit Still (Like, Literally) McWhorter, John H. Henry Holt 2016. ISBN 9781627794718. $28
  8. Decoding Chomsky: Science and Revolutionary Politics Knight, Chris Yale University Press 2016. ISBN 9780300221466. $30
  9. Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century Wolf, Maryanne Oxford University Press 2016. ISBN 9780198724179. $24.95
  10. Impossible Languages Moro, Andrea MIT Press 2016. ISBN 9780262034890. $21.95
  11. Spellbound: Rethinking the Alphabet McDaniel, Craig Intellect Ltd. 2016. ISBN 9781783205493. $43
  12. The Price of Linguistic Productivity: How Children Learn To Break the Rules of Language Yang, Charles D. MIT Press 2016. ISBN 9780262035323. $45
  13. Text + Field: Innovations in Rhetorical Method McKinnon, Sara L. Pennsylvania State University Press 2016. ISBN 9780271072104. $34.95
  14. How Gender Shapes the World Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. Oxford University Press 2016. ISBN 9780198723752. $105
  15. Accidence Will Happen: A Reformed Pedant’s Guide to English Language and Style Kamm, Oliver Pegasus Books 2016. ISBN 9781681771472. $26.95
  16. Spoken Discourse Jones, Rodney H. Bloomsbury Academic 2016. ISBN 9781472589903. $128
  17. Why Write? A Master Class on the Art of Writing and Why It Matters Edmundson, Mark Bloomsbury 2016. ISBN 9781632863058. $26
  18. Bilingualism Across the Lifespan: Factors Moderating Language Proficiency Nicoladis, Elena American Psychological Association 2016. ISBN 9781433822834. $79.95
  19. Ethnographic Perspectives on Academic Writing Paltridge, Brian Oxford University Press 2016. ISBN 9780194423878. $51.88
  20. The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary Gilliver, Peter Oxford University Press 2016. ISBN 9780199283620. $65
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