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Book recommendation on Linguistics (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by cactus_head@programming.dev to c/languages@lemmy.world

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Can be on anything really

some ideas for book topics:

Metaphors and how they effect us in the modern day
The limits and problems with translation and beauty from fault
How capitalism effects our language and relations
The tyranny of the Dictionary
Philosophy's relationship with language
How language effect love
How therapy talk can be suffocating
Language and colonialism
The Language of religion

I have been thinking about language more and more recently and how we use it and want to read some theory on it

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[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I saved this to read the replies and am sad there aren't any.

On the other hand, it reminded me that I bought but never read Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch, so that's nice.

[–] emb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Right? I just saw this thread and was curious to see what might come up.

I heard about that one on her podcast. Listening to more episodes or just reading the show notes would probably be a good way to find books. I know I heard them mention a book about conlangs in an early episode. And just recently she interviewed another guy with a book similar to Because Internet, called Algospeak.