Bookpickings.brainpickings. Words About Words: 5 Essential Books on Language. By Maria Popova What single Chinese men have to do with evolution and insults from Virginia Woolf. We love, love, love words and language. And what better way to celebrate them than through the written word itself? Today, we turn to five of our favorite books on language, spanning the entire spectrum from serious science to serious entertainment value. Harvard’s Steven Pinker is easily the world’s most prominent and prolific psycholinguist, whose multi-faceted work draws on visual cognition, evolutionary science, developmental psychology and computational theory of mind to explain the origin and function of language. The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature reverse-engineers our relationship with language, exploring what the words we use reveal about the way we think.
Sample The Stuff of Thought with Pinker’s fantastic 2007 TED talk: It’s a new low for actresses when you have to wonder what’s between her ears instead of her legs.” ~ Katherine Hepburn on Sharon Stone. Anne Robinson's Netvibes Pages (919) Best Library People on Twitter. Times are tough for the libraries and librarians in your life. No matter where you live, your library needs your support right now. To celebrate these passionate literary professionals, we have created another directory curated by GalleyCat Reviews readers. At the end of this post, we are building a directory of the Best Library People on Twitter. Add your favorite library, librarian, or library journalist (or yourself) to the growing list. Our feeble list IS NOT COMPREHENSIVE–yet.
Best Book Reviewers on TwitterBest Editors on TwitterBest Book Publicity and Marketing Twitter FeedsBest eBook News on Twitter American Libraries Association: “The magazine of the American Library Association” Helaine Becker: “Writer and presenter of award-winning children’s fiction & non-fiction. BiblioFilmes: BiblioFilmes Festival Twitter page Bitchy Librarian: I hate everyone. Phil Bradley: “A librarian & internet consultant. Jack Bullion:”MFA, MLS. Delta Township Library: “Explore Enrich Enjoy” Barbara A. L. L de lectura -Estas letras que ves-
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