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    Words on the Move: Why English Won’t - And Can’t - Sit Still (Like, Literally)

    Professor of Linguistics John McWhorter (Columbia University New York)

    Language is always changing, but the way English is spoken today rubs many of us the wrong way. Whether it’s the use of literally to mean figuratively, or the way…

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    The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language

    Professor of Linguistics John McWhorter (Columbia University New York)

    There are approximately 6,000 languages on Earth today, each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago. While laying out how languages mix and…

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