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Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter by John McWhorter
$30.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
The 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 curse words with such power--and why we love them so much. Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant ...Show more
Nine Nasty Words - English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever by John McWhorter
$40.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant part of our lexicon, an integral part of being human. In fact, our ability to curse comes from a different part of the brain than other parts of speech--the urgency with which we say "f&*k!" is instead related to the instinct that tells us to flee from ...Show more
The Power of Babel - A Natural History of Language by John McWhorter
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Category: History
There are approximately six thousand languages on Earth today, each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago. While laying out how languages mix and mutate over time, linguistics professor John McWhorter reminds us of the variety within the species that speaks them, ...Show more
Woke Racism by John McWhorter
$33.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
Bestselling author and acclaimed linguist John McWhorter argues that an illiberal neoracism, disguised as antiracism, is hurting black communities and weakening the social fabric.
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