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book
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| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:John_H._McWhorter
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| gptkbp:availableFormats |
E-book
Hardcover Paperback |
| gptkbp:awards |
nan
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| gptkbp:citedBy |
Academic papers
Anthropological research Cultural studies literature Sociolinguistic_studies Linguistic_textbooks |
| gptkbp:contains |
Case studies
Theoretical discussions Historical examples |
| gptkbp:contributedTo |
Anthropology
Cultural studies Education Sociology Linguistic_theory |
| gptkbp:criticalReception |
Positive reviews
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| gptkbp:description |
Explores the evolution of languages and their interconnections.
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| gptkbp:discusses |
Language preservation
Language contact Bilingualism Language acquisition Language policy Language extinction Language and identity Language and technology Language and globalization |
| gptkbp:focus |
Language evolution
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| gptkbp:genre |
Linguistics
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Power of Babel
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| gptkbp:influenced |
Language teaching methodologies
Public understanding of linguistics Linguistic_research |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Noam_Chomsky
gptkb:Steven_Pinker |
| gptkbp:influences |
Historical linguistics
Sociolinguistics |
| gptkbp:ISBN |
978-0060006890
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| gptkbp:language |
English
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| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:Pidgins_and_Creoles
Language change Language diversity Language families |
| gptkbp:pageCount |
368
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| gptkbp:publisher |
HarperCollins
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
Language and culture
Linguistic_relativity |
| gptkbp:releaseYear |
2001
|
| gptkbp:targetAudience |
Linguists
General readers Students of linguistics |