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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language: A Natural History of Language ― A Witty Linguistics Book on How Thousands of Tongues Evolved from One Source - Softcover

McWhorter, John

 
9780060520854: The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language: A Natural History of Language ― A Witty Linguistics Book on How Thousands of Tongues Evolved from One Source
Softcover
ISBN 10: 006052085X ISBN 13: 9780060520854
Verlag: Harper Perennial, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

There are approximately six thousand languages on Earth today, each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago. While laying out how languages mix and mutate over time, linguistics professor John McWhorter reminds us of the variety within the species that speaks them, and argues that, contrary to popular perception, language is not immutable and hidebound, but a living, dynamic entity that adapts itself to an ever-changing human environment.

Full of humor and imaginative insight, The Power of Babel draws its illustrative examples from languages around the world, including pidgins, Creoles, and nonstandard dialects.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John McWhorter teaches linguistics, American Studies and music history at Columbia University. He writes for the New York Times and the Atlantic, hosts the language podcast Lexicon Valley, and has written over 20 books including Nine Nasty Words, Woke Racism, The Power of Babel, and The Language Hoax. He lives in New York City.

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There are approximately six thousand languages on Earth today, each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago. While laying out how languages mix and mutate over time, linguistics professor John McWhorter reminds us of the variety within the species that speaks them, and argues that, contrary to popular perception, language is not immutable and hidebound, but a living, dynamic entity that adapts itself to an ever-changing human environment.

Full of humor and imaginative insight, The Power of Babel draws its illustrative examples from languages around the world, including pidgins, Creoles, and nonstandard dialects.

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Verlag
Harper Perennial
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
006052085X
ISBN 13 
9780060520854
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
350
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