01609nam a2200325 a 450000500170000000800200001702000180003704100080005508200100006310000230007310000110009624500230010724500340013024500220016426000110018626000160019726000090021330000110022230000280023330000100026152007500027165000250102165000210104665000120106785600650107991100380114495700140118299900170119695200700121320260119071623.02025-07-22 13:02:35  a9780716744733  aeng  a417.7  aMcWhorter, John H.  eAuthor  aThe Power of Babel  bA Natural History of Language  cJohn H. McWhorter  aU.S.A.  bTimes Books  c2001  a327tr.  bhardcover, illustration  c24 cm  aThere are approximately six thousand languages on Earth today, each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago. How did they all develop? What happened to the first language? In this irreverent tour of territory too often claimed by stodgy grammarians, linguistics professor John McWhorter ranges across linguistic theory, geography, history, and pop culture to tell the fascinating story of how thousands of very different languages have evolved from a single, original source in a natural process similar to biological evolution... The first book written for the layperson about the natural history of language, The Power of Babel is a dazzling tour de force that will leave readers anything but speechless.  aLanguage and culture  aNon-Fiction Book  aHistory4 uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16618/4.jpgyCover Image  aNguyễn Thị Kim Phượng  a250508TBN  c16469d16469  00104070aTVCDbTVCDd2026-01-20g0.00l0pTVCD-16469v0.00yBK