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The Power of Babel

A Natural History of Language

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  • 336 stránok
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There can be few subjects of such widespread interest and fascination to anyone who reads as the strange ways of languages. In this wonderfully entertaining and fascinating book, John McWhorter introduces us to 'the natural history of language': from Russonorsk, a creole of Russian and Norwegian once spoken by trading fur trappers to an Australian Aboriginal language which only has three verbs. Witty, brilliant and authoritative, this book is a must for anyone who is interested in language, as sheerly enjoyable as non-fiction gets.

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The Power of Babel, John H. McWhorter

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Titul
The Power of Babel
Podtitul
A Natural History of Language
Jazyk
anglicky
Vydavateľ
Arrow Books Ltd
Rok vydania
2003
Väzba
mäkká
Počet strán
336
ISBN10
0099435241
ISBN13
9780099435242
Série
Štítky
Veda, Lingvistika
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There can be few subjects of such widespread interest and fascination to anyone who reads as the strange ways of languages. In this wonderfully entertaining and fascinating book, John McWhorter introduces us to 'the natural history of language': from Russonorsk, a creole of Russian and Norwegian once spoken by trading fur trappers to an Australian Aboriginal language which only has three verbs. Witty, brilliant and authoritative, this book is a must for anyone who is interested in language, as sheerly enjoyable as non-fiction gets.