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The Power of Babel

A Natural History of Language

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There can be few subjects of such widespread interest and fascination to anyone who reads as the strange ways of languages. In this wonderfully entertaining and fascinating book, John McWhorter introduces us to 'the natural history of language': from Russonorsk, a creole of Russian and Norwegian once spoken by trading fur trappers to an Australian Aboriginal language which only has three verbs. Witty, brilliant and authoritative, this book is a must for anyone who is interested in language, as sheerly enjoyable as non-fiction gets.

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The Power of Babel, John McWhorter

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Erscheinungsdatum
2003
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Titel
The Power of Babel
Untertitel
A Natural History of Language
Sprache
Englisch
Autor*innen
John McWhorter
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Einband
Paperback
Seitenzahl
336
ISBN10
0099435241
ISBN13
9780099435242
Reihe
Schlagwörter
Wissenschaft, Linguistik
Beschreibung
There can be few subjects of such widespread interest and fascination to anyone who reads as the strange ways of languages. In this wonderfully entertaining and fascinating book, John McWhorter introduces us to 'the natural history of language': from Russonorsk, a creole of Russian and Norwegian once spoken by trading fur trappers to an Australian Aboriginal language which only has three verbs. Witty, brilliant and authoritative, this book is a must for anyone who is interested in language, as sheerly enjoyable as non-fiction gets.