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A review by niniane
The Story of Human Language by John McWhorter
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
- 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