11 books for those interested in linguistics

1. "Linguistics from Aristotle to computational linguistics", Vladimir Alpatov

The book is included in the long list of 2018

The latest book in this list lifts the veil of secrecy over the linguistic kitchen. Author of more than 200 works in this area explains what is actually involved linguists, what interests them, what they go to remote places of our planet and write new computer languages.

Things to do in linguistics from its inception to the present day explores the consumer side of the problem, allowing you to look at science as a historical process with a human face.

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2. "What we are," Irina Lewontin

The book is included in the long list of 2016

Continuation of the book "Russian with dictionary" is a collection of short stories about the great and mighty. Lewontin says what language the norm, and how it changes, why there are stamps and what fundamental differences synonymous, at first glance, the words.

Several editions of this book, and it is better to choose the latter - a complete and current.

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3. "Purely in Russian", Marina Koroleva

The book is included in the long list of 2015

The author explains the complicated cases and the most popular word today - both orally and in writing.

feed format - the vocabulary, where a single example versed on every page. Through this book can be read from anywhere and quickly locate desired information. Often preceded by an analysis of the history of life, which makes you wonder how true we interpret the meaning of the well-known words, using it in a particular context.

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4. "How did the names of rivers and lakes: popular hydronymy" Ruth Ageev

The book is included in the long list of 2014

Reading for those interested in hydronymy - section of place names, which explores the origins of the names of bodies of water - or have not even know this word.

Ageev assures that the names stored in the valuable information about the past of the whole of humanity, and their study allows you to learn the language through history. What lies behind the word "Baikal"? Why Black rivers in the world is much larger than the Yellow and Blue? The answers often surprise and amaze, allowing for a fresh look at familiar names and a better understanding of word formation.

5. "Self Albany" Maxim Krongauz

The book is included in the long list of 2013

Another book Krongauz, award-winning. At this time, the linguist examines online lexicon, telling curious stories go popular on the web of words and phrases in the modern Russian language.

Krongauz understands how the Internet is changing the language and whether this fear. Active users report a thorough study of the topic by the author and the almost complete absence of inconsistencies.

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6. "Are we the Russian language we know?" (2 volumes), Maria Aksenova

The book is included in the long list of 2012

Two volumes, each book is devoted to a particular topic. Will appeal to those who like to delve into the history of linguistics and watching their spoken language.

In the first book of a Russian publisher and author of television programs about the Russian language understands the origin of words. Aksenov shows that in most cases the history of the word could be more fun of the popular novel. The second book is devoted to the popular expression, and after it your language automatically becomes more imaginative and rich.

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7. "Dictionary buzz words. Language picture of the present ", Vladimir Novikov

The book is included in the long list of 2011

Writer, critic and doctor of philological sciences, Vladimir Novikov, the first of his colleagues created a witty essays on words that reflect the current language picture of the world. How did the word "dosvidos"? What value is used "discourse" today? Novikov presents his version, which is debatable, but it can hardly be called groundless.

"Dictionary" in the title should not scare: it's not boring text, but a living and original. The book is more like a work of art than a guide. The author looks at the linguistic processes in speech with humor, which often lacks a recognized scientist, and this dictionary will only benefit.

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8. "Russian with a dictionary", Irina Lewontin

The book is included in the short list in 2011

Small essays on linguistics popularizer Irina Lewontin - an example of women's views on the nature of language.

The text is similar to the guide to the everyday speech that we hear every day in the subway, at work, at home, on TV, but not always attach a value to it. With characteristic observant women Lewontin notices how language changes, analyzing the speech of politicians, advertising texts and style of communication adopted in different social layers of modern Russia. The author insists that any changes - it is not a cause for grumbling, and a sure sign that the language lives and develops, as well as our outlook.

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9. "Why languages ​​are so different?", Vladimir Plungian

The book is included in the short list in 2011

Professor of Moscow State University and the Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences released a sample of high-quality non-Russian fikshena. This is a book about modern linguistics, and it it is a question of different languages. But Russian as native, is given pride of place. The author tells how many languages ​​there are, what kind of laws they change what is actually different from the Russian and Chinese Why noun affixes need and verbs - mood.

Entertaining nauchpop conceived as a children's book (Plungian masterful just said about the complex), but after found an instant response in adults.

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10. "A Note on the amateur linguistics", Andrei Zaliznyak

The book is included in the short list in 2010

Known for his fundamental work on the text of the "Lay", this book exposes Zaliznyak psevdolingvistov Anatoly Fomenko and Mikhail Zadornov, because of which many have a false idea of ​​the history of the language and origin of words. The author believes that this issue should be dealt with by professionals. And it proves successful.

A critical look at amateur philologists judgment gives the book the very acuteness, which holds the reader's attention from the first page to the last. In this case, there is no doubt in the arguments of the author.

11. "The Russian language on the verge of a nervous breakdown," Maxim Krongauz

The book is included in the short list in 2008

Known network linguist and teacher gathered under one cover their articles on the issues of the modern language. Krongauz does not act as an omniscient professional who sprinkles incomprehensible terms and making non-obvious conclusions, and looks at language from the perspective of enlightened citizen. This brings the author to the reader, allowing yourself to notice the last interesting changes in vocabulary and grammar, to monitor the change of language norms and highlight important words era.

The book was reprinted several times, and it is better to read the last option - it is very different from the previous ones because it takes into account the linguistic phenomenon of recent years.

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