John McWhorter
The Story of Human Language
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The Story of Human Language
- Written by: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 321
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 270
Learn how a single tongue spoken 150,000 years ago evolved into the estimated 6,000 languages used around the world today....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Pretentious, Inaccurate, and Self-Absorbed.
- By Anonymous User on 2021-03-03
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The Story of Human Language
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Series: The Great Courses: Linguistics
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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Price: $55.98 or 1 Credit
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
- The Untold History of English
- Written by: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great listen!
- By T. Shaw on 2023-01-24
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
- The Untold History of English
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2009-11-03
- Language: English
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Price: $26.40 or 1 Credit
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Language A to Z
- Written by: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 19
Linguistics, the study of language, has a reputation for being complex and inaccessible....
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5 out of 5 stars
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insightful as always
- By Anonymous User on 2019-09-14
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Language A to Z
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Series: The Great Courses: Linguistics
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2013-11-12
- Language: English
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Language Families of the World
- Written by: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 130
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 112
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 111
These 34 astonishing lectures will introduce you to the major language families of the world and their many offspring, including a variety of languages that are no longer spoken but provide vital links between past and present....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lecturer is quite a character!
- By Kindle Customer on 2019-07-28
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Language Families of the World
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 15 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 2019-02-01
- Language: English
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Price: $32.00 or 1 Credit
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Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet
- Written by: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Embark on a journey to the very beginning of writing as a tool of language and see how the many threads of history and linguistics came together to create the alphabet that forms the foundation of English writing....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great story
- By Anonymous User on 2024-09-20
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Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2023-05-19
- Language: English
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Woke Racism
- How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
- Written by: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 231
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 197
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Story5 out of 5 stars 195
Acclaimed linguist and award-winning writer John McWhorter argues that an illiberal neoracism, disguised as antiracism, is hurting Black communities and weakening the American social fabric....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Finally some rational thoughts on the state of our media in the world
- By Andrew from saskatoon on 2021-11-24
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Woke Racism
- How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 2021-10-26
- Language: English
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Nine Nasty Words
- English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
- Written by: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
Language evolves with time, and so does what we consider profane or unspeakable. Nine Nasty Words is a rollicking examination of profanity, explored from every angle: historical, sociological, political, linguistic....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome!
- By Julia M. on 2022-08-19
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Nine Nasty Words
- English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 2021-05-04
- Language: English
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Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
- Written by: John McWhorter, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
Many features of English sound normal to a native speaker, but linguists find them puzzling as well as revealing....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great lesson in history - and a bit of Grammar
- By Richard Galambos on 2019-08-28
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Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Series: The Great Courses: Linguistics
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2013-07-08
- Language: English
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Price: $46.25 or 1 Credit
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Words on the Move
- Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally)
- Written by: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 15
Words on the Move opens our eyes to the surprising backstories to the words and expressions we use every day....
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5 out of 5 stars
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English is on the move
- By Mackenzie on 2020-02-05
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Words on the Move
- Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally)
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 2016-09-06
- Language: English
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The Language Hoax
- Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language
- Written by: John H. McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
This short, opinionated audiobook addresses the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which argues that the language we speak shapes the way we perceive the world....
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The Language Hoax
- Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2015-01-30
- Language: English
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Talking Back, Talking Black
- Truths About America's Lingua Franca
- Written by: John McWhorter
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Linguists have been studying Black English as a speech variety for years, arguing to the public that it is different from Standard English, not a degradation of it. Yet false assumptions and controversies still swirl around what it means to speak and sound "Black"....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Decent
- By jam on 2019-09-20
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Talking Back, Talking Black
- Truths About America's Lingua Franca
- Narrated by: John McWhorter
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2019-04-30
- Language: English
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