The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language 1,164 copies, 29 reviews Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English 1,049 copies, 40 reviews Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We… 309 copies, 3 reviews Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America 298 copies, 3 reviews What Language Is: And What It Isn't and What It Could Be! 218 copies, 9 reviews Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still (Like,… 202 copies, 22 reviews The Story of Human Language 165 copies, 8 reviews The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language 149 copies, 6 reviews Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of "Pure" Standard English 133 copies, 1 review Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America 127 copies, 2 reviews Authentically Black: Essays for the Black Silent Majority 120 copies, 2 reviews Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca 93 copies, 11 reviews Language A to Z 57 copies, 4 reviews Myths, Lies and Half-Truths of Language Usage 46 copies, 2 reviews All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America 38 copies, 1 review Language Families of the World 31 copies, 2 reviews Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever 26 copies, 1 review Spreading the Word: Language and Dialect in America 20 copies, 1 review Defining Creole 17 copies The Story of Human Language: Pt 2 14 copies The Creole Debate 8 copies The Story of Human Language: Pt 3 5 copies A grammar of Saramaccan Creole 5 copies The most efficient language 3 copies 36 Big Ideas 3 copies How Language Works 2 copies Nine Nasty Words 1 copy The Story of Human Language: The World's First Language (Lecture 12) 1 copy, 1 review Is English special because it's 'Globish'? 1 copy, 1 review These is my Words 1 copy "Talking With Your Fingers" 1 copy The Language Hoax 1 copy "A Matter of Fashion" 1 copy The Best American Magazine Writing 2003 (Contributor) 69 copies What’s Language Got to Do with It? (Contributor) 48 copies, 2 reviews Degrees of Restructuring in Creole Languages (Creole Language Library) (Contributor) 6 copies No events listed. (add an event)
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