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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language

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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language - McWhorter, John
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There are approximately 6,000 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, a noted linguistics professor argues that language is a living, dynamic entity that adapts itself to an ever-changing human environment.

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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language 2003, Harper Perennial, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780060520854

Trade paperback

The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language 2002, W.H. Freeman & Company, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780716744733

Hardcover