A Million Little Thoughts
A Million Little Gods
Book 2 Preview: "Linguistic Typological Smackdown"
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Are there types of languages that are unique from other types of languages? Are there newer languages that are formed from other languages, but have less vocabulary, less grammar, less stuff? Is that what we mean by “creoles”? John McWhorter thinks so; Salikoko Mufwene doesn’t. Welcome to the smackdown.