John McWhorter

John McWhorter

John McWhorter has written at least 31 books. Their most popular book is Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue with 66 saves with an average rating of 3.8⭐.

Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever
The Power of Babel
Woke Racism
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The Story of Human Language

Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still
The Language Hoax
Talking Back, Talking Black: Truths About America's Lingua Franca
Language A to Z
What Language Is: And What It Isn't and What It Could Be
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
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The Power Of Babel

Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words
Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of a Pure Standard English
Language Families of the World
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False Black Power?

Should America Pay?: Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations
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Woke Racism

Myths, Lies and Half-Truths of Language Usage
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Losing the Race

How the Words of Modern English Emerged
Surprises in the Ancestry of Old English
Ancient Writing and the History of the Alphabet
Understanding Linguistics: The Science of Language
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Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage

Authentically Black
Doing Our Own Thing
Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care
All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America
The Story of Human Language Complete Set
Winning the Race