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John H. McWhorter is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. — biography from Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America
The Story of Human Language 209 copies, 9 reviews
Language A to Z (Author) 76 copies, 7 reviews
Language Families of the World 51 copies, 2 reviews
Defining Creole 17 copies
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John McWhorter is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor to The New Republic, he has taught linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley and has been widely profiled in the media.  [adapted from loc.gov, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue (2008)]
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