Reviews and commentary

Failure to Communicate

• Most anticipated nonfiction 2023: Always Doing, December 2022  (at 10:30).  <link>

Irony and Sarcasm

• Xuan Li (2023), The European Journal of Humor Research, 11, 223-226.   <link>

• Michelson, Bruce (2022). Studies in American Humor, 8, 381-384.   <link>

• Veteran AF review, November 2022.  <link>

• Lydia Amir (2021). Israeli Journal of Humor Research, 10, 99-101.   <link>

• Natalia Banasik-Jemielniak (2021). Metaphor and Symbol, 36, 116-118.   <link>

• Choice Reviews, March 2021   <link>

Changing Minds

• "​Competencia lingüística en la senectud." Investigatión y Ciencia, March-April 2020   <link>

• Choice Reviews, March 2020   <link>

• "Linguistics: 7 language science books to help you finally understand what comes out of your mouth." Science Focus, November 2019   <link>

• Okrent, Arika (2019). "The specific ways aging affects language," Hellalife.com.   <link>

Getting Through

• Marissa Blaszko, "14 Linguistics Books for Language Learners," July 2021  <link>

• Sekalala, Seif. (2020). International Journal of Communication, 14, 773-776.   <link>

• Choice Reviews, February 2018  <link>

Becoming Fluent

• ​Reviews at Amazon.com   <link>

• Reviews at Goodreads   <link>

• Lanre Dahunsi, September 2022.  <link>

• Marissa Blaszko, "14 Linguistics Books for Language Learners," July 2021  <link>

• Erik Hill Reviews (video), April 2022   <link>

• 3 Books to Make You a Better English Learner (video), February 2022  <link>

• Paul and Dan (video), May 2021.  <link>

• Booksrun Blog, April 2021  <link>

• Terry Erle review, June 2020  <link>

• "Learning Italian as a grown-up," Lifehack, April 2020  <link>

• Upadhyay review, Fortell no. 40, January 2020  <link>

• "Notes on 'Becoming Fluent,'" Medium, January 2020   <link>

• "10 best language books every language learner should read today," August 2019   <link>

• "Your accent is helpful, not harmful" (video), April 2019   <link>

• "20 books that can help you learn new skills in just one month," Bright Side   <link>

• Boove, The Online Book Magazine, 2019   <link>

• "The myth of the native English speaker," Terry Erle Clayton, January 2019  <link>

• "It's never too late to learn a foreign language," December 2018   <link>

• Anna Maria Polidori, March 2018   <link>

• Teachers College Record, May 2017   <link>

• Summary (video), May 2017   <link>

• Hanson & Doremus blog, March 2017   ​<link>

• Lindy Reads and Reviews, February 2017   <link>

• "10 must read books for language lovers," LinguaMaterna, December 2016   <link>

• "Evaluating your ability for becoming fluent." 4squareviews, September 2016   <link>

• Foreword Reviews, Winter 2016.  <link>

• "3 of the best language learning books," Fluent Language (video), July 2016   <link>

• "The book that will change how you see language learning." Fluent Language, July 2016   <link>

• "11 great teaching tips from Becoming Fluent," Kris Wingo's ESL Teaching Blog, June 2016   <link>

• Choice Reviews, March 2016.  <link>

• "Overcoming a bad case of language cowardice," LingQ, February 2016   <link>

• "An interdisciplinary approach to foreign language learning: Myths and strategies for success." PsycCRITIQUES, January 2016   <link>

• Cosmos, January 2016   <link>

• Library Journal, October 2015   <link>

• African Cultural Studies, Fall 2015   <link>