Category Archives: Books

Book Review — The Horse, the Wheel, and Language

Posted on August 9, 2014 by nkrishna

Author: David W. Anthony Publisher: Princeton University Press My first love in linguistics is probably the historical variety.  But no one will pay me money to do that so I do all this computational stuff instead.  Still, historical linguistics and … Continue reading →

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Book Review — Holy Sh*t!: A Brief History of Swearing

Posted on November 3, 2013 by nkrishna

Author: Melissa Mohr Publisher: Oxford University Press Every once in a while you come across a book on a bookstore shelf that catches your eye simply because it’s got a dirty word right in the title. So it was with … Continue reading →

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