Read Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue Online
Authors: John McWhorter
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue (24 page)
ads
colonialism
The Comedy of Errors
(Shakespeare)
conditional tense
conjugations
consonants
and orphan words
and Phoenician influence
and Proto-Germanic
and Proto-Semitic verbs
context
Cornish
and Celtic influence on English
and Celtic subfamily
and English grammar
and English vocabulary
and linguistic equilibrium
and meaningless
do
do
and progressive
-ing
-ing
question sentences
and verb conjugation
Cran, William
Cree
Crete
Crystal, David
culture.
See also
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
DSee also
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Dalby, Andrew
Damin
Danelaw region
Danish
and
be
-perfect
be
-perfect
impact on English
and orphan words
and Proto-Germanic
and simplification of English
and Viking influence
Dante
Dark Ages
dative case
democracy
demonstratives
Denmark
Der Spiegel
dialects
Arabic
English
Germanic languages
Kentish
Mercian
Monnese
north of England
Northumbrian
and noun gender
Old English
Swedish
West Saxon
and written vs. spoken language
direction words
diversity
DNA evidence
documentary evidence
domination of English
Dorset
Dravidian languages
Dutch
and etymologies
and evolution of English
and Germanic language families
grammar
and meaningless
do
do
and noun gender
and orphan words
path to Modern English
and progressive
-ing
-ing
and Proto-Germanic
and Viking influence
EEarly Middle English
The Economist
education
egthu
Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
(Barnard and Spencer)
(Barnard and Spencer)
-ende
construction
construction
England
English.
See
Modern English
See
Modern English
ethnocentrism
etymology
Everett, Dan
evolution of English
explanation of language change
expressions
Ffamilies of languages
Faroese
fashions in language
The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left
(Crystal)
(Crystal)
Finnish
folk
formal language
French.
See also
Norman French
See also
Norman French
and “be” perfect
and case marking
in colonial Africa
and English vocabulary
and generic pronouns
invasion of Britain
and meaningless
do
do
and mistranslation
and modern education
and modern vocabularies
and noun gender
and orphan words
and Proto-Germanic vocabulary
and Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
and simplification of English
and verb usage
written and spoken language
frequentive suffix
fricatives
fright
Frisian
and Evolution of English
and Germanic language families
and grammar inconsistency
and Proto-Germanic
and verb usage
and Viking influence
future tense
GGaelic
Gamalson, Orm
gender
and Afrikaans
biological
English and German contrasted
and English grammar
gender-neutral pronouns
and German
and Germanic languages
and Hittite
and Icelandic
“impersonal” gender
and Indo-European languages
and Modern English
and Neo-Whorfianism
and Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
and simplification of English
and Viking influence
and written vs. spoken language
generic pronouns
genetics
Genghis Khan
genitive case
genocide
German
and case marking
and directional adverbs
and English grammar
and generic pronouns
and meaningless
do
do
and noun cases
and noun gender
and orphan words
and past perfect
and progressive
-ing
-ing
and Proto-Germanic
and Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
and verb usage
and written vs. spoken language
Germanic family of languages
comparisons of
and consonant sounds
and dialects
and directional adverbs
and English variation
features shed in English
and meaningless
do
do
and orphan words
and past perfect
and Phoenician influence
and progressive
-ing
-ing
similarities among
and simplification of English
subcategories
variations among
and verb usage
Germanic invasions
Germany
gerunds.
See also
progressive construction and progressive
ing
See also
progressive construction and progressive
ing
goblo
going
Gothic
grammar
and causality issues
and Celtic influence
and Chinese
and colonial languages
and cultural influences
English and German compared
and Germanic languages
and Icelandic
grammar (
continued
)
continued
)
inconsistencies on
and language mixing
and linguistic equilibrium
myths and misconceptions
and Neo-Whorfianism
and Norman influence
and Old English
and Phoenician influence
rules of
Russian
and Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
and scripture vs. writing
and simplification of English
and study of languages
and suffixes
thought and grammar
and variation
and Viking influence
and vocabulary changes
and written vs. spoken language
Greece
Greek
and case markers
and English vocabulary
grammar conservatism
influence on Albanian
and noun cases
and noun gender
and progressive
-ing
-ing
and Proto-Germanic consonants
Grimm’s Law
Gujarati
Guugu Yimithirr
Hhabitual verbs
Hall, Robert
Hamlet
(Shakespeare)
(Shakespeare)
Hashimoto, Mantaro
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Hebrew
and Germanic language families
and grammar inconsistencies
and meaningless
do
do
and orphan words
and Phoenicians
and Proto-Germanic consonants
and verb placement
and verb tense
Henry , Part ,
(Shakespeare)
(Shakespeare)
High German
Hindi
historians
Hittite
Hopi
Hungarian
hunter-gatherers
hypotheticals
IIcelandic
and English grammar
and generic pronouns
and Germanic languages
and grammar complexity
and Proto-Germanic
and verb usage
Igbo
I Love Lucy
impact
imperfect tense
“impersonal” gender
inconsistencies in language
India
indigenous cultures
Indo-Aryan languages
Indo-European languages
and consonant sounds
Indo-Aryan subfamily
and noun gender
and orphan words
and Phoenician influence
and Proto-Germanic consonants
and Russian grammar
and verb tense
Indonesian
Ine of Wessex
infinitives
intermarriage
Iran
Irish
Irish Gaelic
Italian
JJamaican patois
Japanese
external influences
and future markers
and grammar
and meaningless
do
do
and noun markers
path to Modern English
and Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Jewish immigrants
Johnson, Samuel
Jutes
KKawesqar tribe
Kay, Paul
Kempton, Willett
Kentish dialect
Khoisan
khonsay
King James Bible
Koran
Llanguage contact specialty
language families
The Language Instinct
(Pinker)
(Pinker)
Language Interrupted: Signs of Non-Native Acquisition in Standard Language Grammars
(McWhorter)
(McWhorter)
language-is-thought study
Lardil
Latin
and Albanian
and case marking
and English vocabulary
as formal language
grammar of
and Hittite
and modern vocabularies
and noun gender
and path to Modern English
and prepositions
and Proto-Germanic consonants
and suffixes
and verb tense
and vocabulary changes
and written language
La Vita Nuova
(Dante)
(Dante)
laws
learning languages
Leave Your Language Alone!
(Hall)
(Hall)
-le
ending
ending
Lindisfarne Gospels
linguistic equilibrium
linguistics
literacy
Lithuanian
locative case
Lucy, John A.
-ly
ending
Mending
Macedonian
MacNeil, Robert
maiden
Mainland Scandinavian
Malawi
Malay
Manchus
Mandarin
Mandela, Nelson
mathematical language
McCrum, Robert
meaningless
do
do
and Celtic
and complexity of English
and English grammar
and evolution of English
and German
and grammar inconsistencies
and linguistic equilibrium
and Old English
rarity of
and Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
spontaneous appearance theory
Welsh and Cornish influence
and written vs. spoken language
memory
Mercian dialect
Merman, Ethel
Middle East
Middle English
and case suffixes
and Celtic influence
and directional adverbs
and English grammar
features shed in English
and generic pronouns
and grammar variations
and meaningless
do
do
and past perfect
and progressive
-ing
-ing
and simplification of English
and verb usage
and writing vs. scripture
and writing vs. spoken language
Minoan civilization
mistranslation
mitochondrial DNA
Modern English
and American slavery
and case marking
and colonial Africa
and cultural influences
evolution of
and generic pronouns
and grammar variation
interaction with other languages
and other Germanic languages
path from Old English
and Proto-Germanic
and random changes
and Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
and verb conjugation
and Viking influence
and vocabulary changes
and written vs. spoken language
Mongolia
Monnese dialect
Montagnais
Morocco
myths and misconceptions
NNanai
Native Americans
natural gender
negative statements
and meaningless
do
do
in Russian
Neo-Whorfian School
Netherlands
The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English
(Fonseca and Carolino)
(Fonseca and Carolino)
New Guinea
New York Times
Nigeria
“noble savage” caricature
nominative case
Norman French
and English writing
and evolution of English
invasion of Britain
and scripture vs. writing
ads
Other books
The Convent by Maureen McCarthy
Life Swap by Abby McDonald
The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
Core of Conviction : My Story (9781101563571) by Bachmann, Michele
The Bed Moved by Rebecca Schiff
The Hidden Harbor Mystery by Franklin W. Dixon
Winter's Knight by Raine, H.J., Wyre, Kelly
Leaving Independence by Leanne W. Smith