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The Story Of Human Language - John H. McWhorter
The Story Of Human Language
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Performed by John McWhorter,Other Format, English-language edition,Pub by Teaching Company Limited Partnership
Performed by John McWhorter,Other Format, English-language edition,Pub by Teaching Company Limited Partnership
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Format: audiobook
ISBN: 9781565859456 (1565859456)
Publisher: The Teaching Company
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction, History, Academic, Humanities, Language, Science, Anthropology
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Clif's Book World
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4.0 The Story of Human Language
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Human language is a fascinating subject. We don't appreciate how complex language speaking skills are until we try to learn a new language as adults. It's one thing that children can do better than adults. Brain studies suggest that human brains are uniquely programmed to use language, and childr...
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I love linguistics and I like John McWhorter (highly recommended: The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language) so this audio-book series from one of those "teaching courses" fitted my needs exactly - to wit, something to listen to on the way to and from work.The first 12 lectures (the first vo...
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The Story of Human Language - John H. McWhorter
The Story of Human Language - John H. McWhorter
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