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The Language Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu by Dan Jurafsky

The Language Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Language Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu runs 6.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Steven Menasche (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.3listening hrs
Non-Fictionstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Language Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day13 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.3 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Language Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu is an audiobook by Dan Jurafsky: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Steven Menasche, released October 1, 2014, on the Non-Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.3 hrs
Narrated by
Steven Menasche
Released
October 1, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-Fiction
ISBN
9781469092539

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Language Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu as an audiobook?

The Language Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.

Is The Language Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Language Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu?

The Language Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu is narrated by Steven Menasche.