[Ads-l] on the origins of the English language

[Joe Salmons]

Is John on this list? He’d probably be happy to engage.


> On Nov 18, 2015, at 11:28 AM, Dave Wilton <dave at WILTON.NET> wrote:
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> This article gets it right on the major points, but many of the specific
> examples McWhorter provides here are just wrong. It's sloppy research, and
> uncharacteristic of him. Not his best work by far.
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> McWhorter is a genuine linguist, and his historical and linguistic facts are
> all right on. He knows a lot about a lot of languages, including the ones
> referenced in the article.
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> There are those who argue (vehemently) with his views about linguistic
> simplicity, and I won't start a fire here by opining myself, but there's
> nothing in his discussion I would disagree with. But John's a (distant)
> friend, so you may consider me somewhat biased.
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> Geoff
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> I don't know how much to trust this article=2C but it was fascinating:
> https://aeon.co/essays/why-is-english-so-weirdly-different-from-other-langu=
> ages
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