John McWhorter
Author of The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
About the Author
John H. McWhorter is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Works by John McWhorter
Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care (2003) 354 copies, 5 reviews
Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still (Like, Literally) (2016) 299 copies, 24 reviews
Language Interrupted: Signs of Non-Native Acquisition in Standard Language Grammars (2007) 13 copies
The most efficient language 7 copies
Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles (Creole Language Library) (2000) 6 copies
Linguistic Simplicity and Complexity: Why Do Languages Undress? (Language Contact and Bilingualism (Lcb)) (2011) 5 copies
Why Texting is Misunderstood 1 copy
The Nature of Writing 1 copy
When Language Began 1 copy
What is Language ? 1 copy
"A Matter of Fashion" 1 copy
"Talking With Your Fingers" 1 copy
Associated Works
This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking (2012) — Contributor — 822 copies, 17 reviews
Degrees of Restructuring in Creole Languages (Creole Language Library) (2000) — Contributor — 8 copies
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- Canonical name
- McWhorter, John
- Legal name
- McWhorter, John Hamilton, V
- Birthdate
- 1965
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Places of residence
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Oakland, California, USA - Education
- 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) - Occupations
- linguist
professor
author
political commentator - Organizations
- Manhattan Institute
University of California, Berkeley - Agent
- Katinka Matson
- Short biography
- 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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- Works
- 60
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 6,194
- Popularity
- #3,967
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 189
- ISBNs
- 112
- Languages
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- Favorited
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