The Power of Babel
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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
By John McWhorterThe first book written for the layperson about the natural history of language, Power of Babel is a dazzling tour de force that will leave readers anything but speechless.
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The Power of Babel: Language and Governance in the African Experience
By Alamin M. Mazrui, Ali A. Mazrui, Alamin MazruiThe first section of the book takes a global perspective, exploring such issues as the Eurocentrism of much linguistic scholarship on Africa; part two takes an African perspective on a variety of issues from the linguistically disadvantaged ...
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The Power of Babel: Teaching and Learning in Multilingual Classrooms
By Edwards, VivMultilingual classrooms where two or three - or over ten - languages are spoken are now common throughout the English-speaking world, and most teachers will at some time find themselves...
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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
By John McWhorterFull of humor and imaginative insight, The Power of Babel draws its illustrative examples from languages around the world, including pidgins, Creoles, and nonstandard dialects.
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The Power Of Babel: A Natural History of Language
By John McWhorterThere can be few subjects of such widespread interest and fascination to anyone who reads as the strange ways of languages. In this wonderfully entertaining and fascinating book, John McWhorter...
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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
By John H. McWhorter"There can be few subjects of such widespread interest and fascination to anyone who reads as the strange ways of languages. In this wonderfully entertaining and fascinating book, John McWhorter...
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The Power of Babel: Language & Governance in the African Experience
By Alamin M. Mazrui, Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui, Alamin MazruiLinguists estimate that there are currently nearly 2,000 languages in Africa, a staggering figure that is belied by the relatively few national languages. While African national politics, economics, and law...