Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
Author:   John McWhorter
Publisher:   Gotham Books
ISBN:  

9781592404940


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   27 October 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English


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Author:   John McWhorter
Publisher:   Gotham Books
Imprint:   Gotham Books
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 18.30cm
Weight:   0.187kg
ISBN:  

9781592404940


ISBN 10:   1592404944
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   27 October 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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John McWhorter is the author of the bestseller Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America, The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language, and four other books. He is associate professor of linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and a contributing editor to The City Journal and The New Republic. He has been profiled in the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and has appeared on Dateline NBC, Politically Incorrect, and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

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