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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New York :
Gotham Books,
c2011.
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| 100 | 1 | |a McWhorter, John H. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a What language is : |b and what it isn't and what it could be / |c John McWhorter. |
| 260 | |a New York : |b Gotham Books, |c c2011. | ||
| 300 | |a vii, 228 p. : |b maps ; |c 22 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Languages are ingrown -- Language is dissheveled [sic] -- Language is intricate -- Language is oral -- Language is mixed -- This view of language. | |
| 520 | |a "A provocative look at how languages originate, divide, multiply, and work"--P. [2] of jacket. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Language and languages |x Etymology. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Linguistic change. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Historical linguistics. | |
| 938 | |a Baker and Taylor |b BTCP |n BK0009405095 | ||
| 938 | |a YBP Library Services |b YANK |n 3654490 | ||
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