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What language is and what it isn't and what it could be

"A provocative look at how languages originate, divide, multiply, and work"--P. [2] of jacket.

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Main Author:	McWhorter, John H.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Gotham Books, c2011.
Subjects:	Language and languages > Etymology. Linguistic change. Historical linguistics.
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Summary:	"A provocative look at how languages originate, divide, multiply, and work"--P. [2] of jacket.
Physical Description:	vii, 228 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781592406258 1592406254
Author Notes:	John McWhorter is the author of the bestseller Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America , The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language , and four other books. He is associate professor of linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and a contributing editor to The City Journal and The New Republic . He has been profiled in the Los Angeles Times , The Washington Post , The Philadelphia Inquirer , and has appeared on Dateline NBC , Politically Incorrect , and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer .