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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
The Power of Babel A Natural History of Language
Author: John McWhorter
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 percep...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060520854
ISBN-10: 006052085X
Publication Date: 1/2003
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
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