The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language WN including one previously unavailable in

including one previously unavailable in English

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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language WN including one previously unavailable inAuthor Contributor(s): McWhorter, John Publisher: Harper Perennial Date: 1 7 2003 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW An essay in origins as theoretical as Hawking and Gorst in trying to see into the deep past. McWhorter is a clear and witty writer. Harpers In the first book written for the layperson about the natural history of language, linguistic professor John McWhorter ranges across linguistic theory, geography, history, and pop culture to tell the