In the linguistics section, Trask’s book should be marked as “easy.” It’s short and very readable, and assumes almost no background knowledge. (But despite that, provides an informative and well-balanced introduction to the field.)
Edit: Also, a draft of Jaynes’s book is available for free online, but the list contains only an Amazon link.
In the linguistics section, Trask’s book should be marked as “easy.” It’s short and very readable, and assumes almost no background knowledge. (But despite that, provides an informative and well-balanced introduction to the field.)
Edit: Also, a draft of Jaynes’s book is available for free online, but the list contains only an Amazon link.