John Mcwhorter New Books. Popularity original publication year title average rating number of pages. The story of human language.
Linguist john mcwhorter is a columbia university professor, contributor to the atlantic, host of a slate podcast, and author of 20 books. I’m delighted now to be able to answer that question. In his latest, nine nasty words, he examines the origins.
I will often refer to these people in this book as “white,” but they can be of any.
His new book, the elect: Debunking the myth of pure standard english, tackling controversial positions, and. John mcwhorter, contributing writer at the atlantic and professor of linguistics at columbia university, is a member of persuasion’s board of advisors. He teaches linguistics, american studies, philosophy, and music history.