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 young people use LOL or business jargon like What's the ask?--it often seems as if the language is deteriorating before our eyes.
But the truth is different and a lot less scary. Drawing examples from everyday life and employing a generous helping of humor, John McWhorter shows that these shifts are common to all languages, and that we should embrace these changes, not condemn them.
He opens our eyes to the...
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 "figurati...
A compelling argument for why creoles are their own unique entity, which have developed independently of other processes of language development and change.
A compelling argument for why creoles are their own unique entity, which have developed independently of other processes of language development and c...
A compelling argument for why creoles are their own unique entity, which have developed independently of other processes of language development and change.
A compelling argument for why creoles are their own unique entity, which have developed independently of other processes of language development and c...
