Reviews

The Story of Human Language by John McWhorter

niniane's review

4.0

Interesting to hear:

- how language evolves from the conglomeration of little word changes,

- how "dialects" is a misnomer since many languages overlap or are evolved from each other,

- how the original language probably had clicks because clicks probably didn't get evolved into the language, so the presence of clicks in some African languages means the oldest languages likely had clicks

- how people tend to speak English in short sentences with improper grammar

blenchbooks's review

funny informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.75

fenland's review

informative medium-paced

4.0

mildawg43's review

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

adelaide_reads's review

informative slow-paced

3.0

lannnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaa's review

informative medium-paced

4.5

rogerjpatterson's review

5.0

Basic linguistics in 30 minute chunks. Engaging, entertaining and informative, this satisfied by inner language geek.

sarah_wx's review

Audible Abo abgelaufen

sarah_speaks's review

informative medium-paced

4.0

rlse's review

4.0

I have written a snarky review of one of this professor’s other books, and while that stands (and same thoughts apply to portions of this lecture series) I did really enjoy this.