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<DIV class=Section1><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">John McWhorter of UC Berkeley is the subject of an interview in<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> Oct 30 New York Times, dealing with pidgins, creoles, language<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=GramE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">origins</SPAN></FONT></SPAN>, and endangered languages.<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">URL is <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/30/science/social/30CONV.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/30/science/social/30CONV.html</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-John <SPAN class=GramE>Lawler<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler">http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler</A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><st1:State><st1:place>Michigan</st1:place></st1:State> Linguistics Dept<o:p></o:p></PRE>
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