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Word On The Street by John Mcwhorter

A barbed rebuttal to the conservative view that popular culture is destroying the English language.
"Word on the Street is one of the best books ever written on language and public affairs" Steven Pinker author of The Language Instinct and Words and Rules
John McWhorter is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley. A specialist in pidgin and Creole languages, he lives in Oakland, California.
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ISBN 13 9780738204468
ISBN 10 0738204463
Title Word On The Street
Author John Mcwhorter
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Year published 2001-01-25
Number of pages 302
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