What Language Is: And What It Isn't and What It Could Be

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What Language Is: And What It Isn't and What It Could Be

A love letter to languages, celebrating their curiosities and smashing assumptions about correct grammar

An eye-opening tour for all language lovers, What Language Is offers a fascinating new perspective on the way humans communicate. from vanishing languages spoken by a few hundred people to major tongues like Chinese, and with copious revelations about the hodgepodge nature of English, John McWhorter shows readers how to see and hear languages as a linguist does.
Packed with big ideas about language alongside wonderful trivia, What Language Is explains how languages across the globe (the Queen's English and Suriname creoles alike) originate, evolve, multiply, and divide. Raising provocative questions about what qualifies as a language (so-called slang does have structured grammar), McWhorter takes readers on a marvelous journey through time and placeâ€”from Persia to the languages of Sri Lankaâ€”to deliver a feast of facts about the wonders of human linguistic expression.
Country USA
Brand Avery
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
Color Blue
ReleaseDate 2012-08-07
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781592407200

Country	USA
Brand	Avery
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
Color	Blue
ReleaseDate	2012-08-07
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781592407200

What Language Is: And What It Isn't and What It Could Be

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