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Delving into these provocative topics and more, author mcwhorter distills hundreds of years of lore i. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. The untold history of english kindle edition by mcwhorter, john. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading our magnificent bastard tongue. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read our magnificent bastard tongue. Orphaned film scripts, bastard scenes, and abandoned darlings from the. The untold history of english first printing by mcwhorter, john isbn. Covering the littleknown celtic and welsh influences on english, the impact of the viking raids and the norman conquest, and the germanic invasions that started it all during the fifth century ad, and drawing on genetic and linguistic research as well as a cache of trivia about the origins of english words and syntax patterns, mcwhorter.
John mcwhorters our magnificent bastard tongue offers very interesting ideas about the history of the english language and why it has come to be the way it is today. The untold story of english by john mcwhorter isbn. In this edition, page numbers are just like the physical edition. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the english language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammarwhy do we say i am reading a catalog instead of i read a catalog. Mcwhorter puts forth an engaging and entertaining revisionist history of english as he puts it, our magnificent bastard tongue. Our magnificent bastard tongue, the untold history of english by john mcwhorter. This book is about how english got to be the way it is. John mcwhorters our magnificent bastard tongue covers the origins of english as a lingua franca and how the influences of history, such as viking raids and germanic invasions, have. My life, my dad, and the things im not allowed to say on tv our magnificent bastard tongue. A natural history of language, our magnificent bastard tongue. Oct 01, 2008 for my next nonfiction project, im been rummaging around in paleolinguistics and paleohistory.
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Delving into these provocative topics and more, our magnificent bastard tongue distills hundreds of years of fascinating lore into one lively history. The untold story of english by john mcwhorter both in the same subject, both far more enjoyable listens. As a teacher and writer, i love english and its quirks, but i never could get my mind around all the charts, graphs, and jargon of formal linguistics. Our magnificent bastard tongue the untold history of. Our magnificent bastard tongue not to be confused with bastard tongues, the latest book of another iconoclastic linguist, derek bickerton is a raucous ramble through the history of the syntactic kinks of the english language.
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Jun 18, 2011 i have recently finished john mcwhorters book our magnificent bastard tongue. Linguist john mcwhorter explores the origins and evolution of the english language in our magnificent bastard tongue and explains how english managed to differentiate so extremely from other european languages. Ill begin by looking at chapters one and three, which. Drawing on revolutionary genetic and linguistic research as well as a cache of remarkable trivia about the origins of english words and syntax patterns, our magnificent bastard tongue ultimately demonstrates the arbitrary, maddening nature of english and its ironic simplicity due to its role as a streamlined lingua franca during the early. I have recently finished john mcwhorters book our magnificent bastard tongue. A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the english language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar why do we say i am reading a catalog instead of i read a catalog.
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