false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256055034m/534304.jpg 534304 4 <p>There are approximately six thousand languages on Earth today, each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago. While laying out how languages mix and mutate over time, linguistics professor John McWhorter reminds us of the variety within the species that speaks them, and argues that, contrary to popular perception, language is not immutable and hidebound, but a living, dynamic entity that adapts itself to an ever-changing human environment. </p> <P>Full of humor and imaginative insight, <I>The Power of Babel</i> draws its illustrative examples from languages around the world, including pidgins, Creoles, and nonstandard dialects.</p> 521812 book 1 2001 The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language total:224|5:65|4:90|3:61|2:7|1:1| 224 883 465 41 3 0 false false Tue Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 10:51:22 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 22 20:20:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 07:33:09 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 12:54:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jan 18 18:05:02 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 19 21:04:51 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 18 18:05:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 26 13:21:23 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 13:21:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Feb 19 19:54:06 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 08:51:43 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 20:50:12 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 20:05:45 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 12 17:30:11 -0800 2008 Sat May 17 11:03:32 -0700 2008
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