The Story of Human Language by John McWhorter

The Story of Human Language

The Great Courses

John McWhorter

18 hours, 15 minutes first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction education history

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"I never met a person who is not interested in language," wrote the bestselling author and psychologist Steven Pinker. There are good reasons that language fascinates us so. It not only defines humans as a species, placing us head and shoulders ab...

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informative 100%
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