The Power Of Babel

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The Power Of Babel

Author	: John McWhorter
File Size	: 47,8 Mb
Publisher	: Random House
Language	: English
Release Date	: 30 April 2011
ISBN	: 9781446472408
Pages	: 336 pages

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The Power Of Babel by John McWhorter Book PDF Summary

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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