Celadon Books, August 2022. Hardcover. An irresistibly readable and humane exploration of the barbarities of class...readers are gifted that most precious of things in these muddled times: a clear lens through which to see the world. --Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock..... More
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, November 2000. Trade Paperback. The classic book on the development of human language by the world's leading expert on language and the mind. In this classic, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works..... More
Harper Perennial, November 2000. Trade Paperback. How does language work, and how do we learn to speak? Why do languages change over time, and why do they have so many quirks and irregularities? In this original and totally entertaining book written in the same engaging style that illuminated his bestselling..... More
William Morrow & Company, February 1994. Hardcover. In this 'extremely valuable book, very informative, and very well written' (Noam Chomsky), one of the greatest thinkers in the field of linguistics explains how language works--how people, ny making noises with their mouths, can cause ideas to arise in other people's minds..... More
