John Hamilton McWhorter V (1965- ) is an American linguist and political commentator. He held the position of American associate professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley from 1995 until 2003. He took a leave from the position in 2002 to become a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank, and a columnist for the New York Sun. He is the author of a number of books on language and on race relations. His linguistic specialty is creole and the process through which it forms. (via Wikipedia)


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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English

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