John McWhorter
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Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America
$17.99 Add to cartWhy do so many African Americans–even comfortably middle-class ones–continue to see racism as a defining factor in their lives?
Columbia University linguistics professor John McWhorter, born at the d
- Author: McWhorter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 14 2014
- ISBN10: 0060935936
- Language: English
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Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words
$28.00 Add to cartWith his trademark humor and flair, bestselling linguist John McWhorter busts the myths and shares the history of the most controversial language topic of our times: pronouns
The nature of language is- Author: McWhorter, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0593713281
- Language: English
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The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
$18.99 Add to cart“An essay in origins … as theoretical as Hawking and Gorst in trying to see into the deep past. McWhorter is a clear and witty writer.”– Harper’s
In the first book written for the layperson about th
- Author: McWhorter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 07 2003
- ISBN10: 006052085X
- Language: English
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
$17.00 Add to cartA survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar
Why do we say “I am reading a catalog” instead of “I read a catalog”? Why do we say “do” at- Author: McWhorter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1592404944
- Language: English
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Words on the Move: Why English Won’t – And Can’t – Sit Still (Like, Literally)
$20.99 Add to cartLanguage 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 young people use LOL or business ja
- Author: McWhorter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 1250143780
- Language: English
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Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths about America’s Lingua Franca
$17.99 Read more“Superb.” —Steven Pinker
“An explanation, a defense, and, most heartening, a celebration. . . . McWhorter demonstrates the ‘legitimacy’ of Black English by uncovering its complexity and sophistication… [more below]
- Author: McWhorter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 11 2018
- ISBN10: 1942658583
- Language: English
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Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
$28.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed linguist John McWhorter argues that an illiberal neoracism, disguised as antiracism, is hurting Black communities and weakenin- Author: McWhorter, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0593423062
- Language: English
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Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
$18.00 Add to cartThe New York Times bestseller now in paperback. One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues cu
- Author: McWhorter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593421388
- Language: English
