John McWhorter
Autor von The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
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John H. McWhorter is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care (2003) 349 Exemplare
Language Interrupted: Signs of Non-Native Acquisition in Standard Language Grammars (2007) 13 Exemplare
The most efficient language 7 Exemplare
Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles (Creole Language Library) (2000) 6 Exemplare
Linguistic Simplicity and Complexity: Why Do Languages Undress? (Language Contact and Bilingualism (Lcb)) (2011) 5 Exemplare
The Great Courses: How Artificial Languages Work 3 Exemplare
Surprises in the Ancestry of Old English 2 Exemplare
How the Words of Modern English Emerged 2 Exemplare
Language Families - Indo-European 1 Exemplar
Why Texting is Misunderstood 1 Exemplar
The Nature of Writing 1 Exemplar
Language Families - Diversity of Structures 1 Exemplar
Language Families - Tracing Indo-European 1 Exemplar
How Language Changes - Meaning and Order 1 Exemplar
How Language Changes - Modern English 1 Exemplar
How Language Changes - Many Directions 1 Exemplar
How Language Changes - Building New Material 1 Exemplar
How Language Changes - Sound Changes 1 Exemplar
When Language Began 1 Exemplar
What is Language ? 1 Exemplar
Is English special because it's 'Globish'? 1 Exemplar
"Like, Degrading the Language? No Way" 1 Exemplar
"Talking With Your Fingers" 1 Exemplar
"A Matter of Fashion" 1 Exemplar
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Was macht uns schlauer?: Die führenden Wissenschaftler unserer Zeit über neue Strategien, unser Wissen zu… (2012) — Mitwirkender — 796 Exemplare
Degrees of Restructuring in Creole Languages (Creole Language Library) (2000) — Mitwirkender — 8 Exemplare
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- McWhorter, John
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- McWhorter V, John Hamilton
- Geburtstag
- 1965
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Wohnorte
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Oakland, California, USA - Ausbildung
- Friends Select School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bard College at Simon's Rock (AA)
Rutgers University (BA|French|1985)
New York University (MA|American Studies)
Stanford University (PhD|Linguistics|1993) - Berufe
- linguist
professor
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political commentator - Organisationen
- Manhattan Institute
University of California, Berkeley - Agent
- Katinka Matson
- Kurzbiographie
- John McWhorter is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor to The New Republic, he has taught linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley and has been widely profiled in the media. [adapted from loc.gov, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue (2008)]
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