The power of Babel : a natural history of language
McWhorter, John H.2002
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This text provides a guided tour of languages. It examines such things as the way in which Yiddish has been influenced by the grammar of Polish, and how English absorbed French at two stages of its history.
Main title:
The power of Babel : a natural history of language / John H. McWhorter.
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Imprint:
London : Heinemann, 2002.
Collation:
327 p. : ill., facsims. ; 25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780434007899 (hbk)0434007897 (hbk)
Dewey class:
417.7
Language:
English
BRN:
349277
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