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McWhorter is the instructor of the courses "The Story of Human Language"; [14] "Understanding Linguistics: The Science of Language"; [15] "Myths, Lies and Half-Truths About English Usage"; [16] "Language Families of the World"; [17] "Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet" and "Language From A to Z" [18] in the series The Great Courses ...
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language is a 2002 non-fiction book by American linguist John McWhorter. The book provides an overview of the then-recent research in the field of linguistics, focusing primarily on how languages have evolved and will continue to evolve over time. The author celebrates the diversity amongst the Earth's ...
Wordsmiths and Warriors: The English-Language Tourist's Guide to Britain. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198729136. John McWhorter (2017). Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally). Picador. ISBN 978-1250143785. Hejná, Míša & Walkden, George. 2022. A history of English. (Textbooks in Language Sciences 9).
American linguist and author John McWhorter projects that by the early 2100s only 600 to 700 languages will be in widespread daily use, with English remaining as the dominant world language. He imagined a scenario in which languages become more streamlined and blended, giving the examples of "Singlish" in Singapore, Wolof in Senegal ...
Sociohistorical linguistics, or historical sociolinguistics, is the study of the relationship between language and society in its historical dimension.A typical question in this field would, for instance, be: "How were the verb endings -s and -th (he loves vs. he loveth) distributed in Middle English society" or "When did people use French, when did they use English in 14th-century England?"
Henry III, the future king of England (r. 1216-1272), is born to John and Isabella of Angoulême. 1209: King John was excommunicated from the Catholic Church by Pope Innocent III. 1214 The English defeated in Battle of Bouvinnes. 1215: The Magna Carta was signed. 1237: The Treaty of York was signed, fixing the border between Scotland and ...
The English language descends from Old English, the West Germanic language of the Anglo-Saxons. Most of its grammar, its core vocabulary and the most common words are Germanic. [1] However, the percentage of loans in everyday conversation varies by dialect and idiolect, even if English vocabulary at large has a greater Romance influence.
1. Mcwhorter is in favor of ending the war on drugs, a typically liberal idea. 2. Mcwhorter voted for Obama and Kerry in the last two U.S. presidential elections. 3. Self-statements - Mcwhorter personally describes himself as a "moderate." A perfect example of Mcwhorter's left-leaning writings, where he criticizes Glenn Beck and supports Van Jones: