The Power Of Babel

Download or read book The Power Of Babel written by John McWhorter and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-30 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.