Title:
What language is : and what it isn't and what it could be / John McWhorter.
Author:
McWhorter, John H.
Publication Information:
New York : Gotham Books, 2012, ©2011.
Call Number:
P321 .M39 2012
Abstract:
"A provocative look at how languages originate, divide, multiply, and work"--Book jacket flap.
ISBN:
9781592406258
9781592407200
Physical Description:
ix, 228 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Languages are ingrown -- Language is dissheveled [sic] -- Language is intricate -- Language is oral -- Language is mixed -- This view of language.
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