巴别塔的力量
The power of Babel
John H. McWhorter · 初版 2001 年
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“今天地球上大约有六千种语言，每一种都是约15万年前Homo sapiens最初使用的语言的后裔。它们是如何发展起来的？第一种语言究竟遭遇了什么？”。“在这场深入常被死板语法学家霸占之领域的旅程中，语言学教授John McWhorter横跨语言学理论、地理、历史和流行文化，讲述了成千上万种截然不同的语言如何通过类似生物进化的自然过程，从单一源头演化而来的迷人故事。在阐述语言如何交融与
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……1. 莎士比亚时代的英语发音：http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s 2. 简化拼写会引发的问题：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_spelling_refo... 3. 巴别塔的力量：http://www.amazon.com/The-Power-Babel-Natural-Language/dp/00... 4. 关于“马来西亚英语”（Manglish）的头马演讲：http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDanVi6byKo（头马有它自己的一套英语体系，充满……
…1. Shakespearean pronunciation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s 2. Problems that would be caused by simplifying spelling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-language_spelling_refo... 3. Power of Babel: http://www.amazon.com/The-Power-Babel-Natural-Language/dp/00... 4. Toastmasters speech about "Manglish": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDanVi6byKo (Toastmasters has its own version of English, full…
……崛起的左派未来几年在这边会是门大生意。[1] 客观来说：他也是一名专业语言学家，正职是哥伦比亚大学的教授。找个时间去把他的《Power of Babel》找来读读，写得棒极了。
…ascendant left are going to be big business around here for the next few years. [1] To be fair: he's also a professional linguist with a real day job as a professor at Columbia. Go find and read his Power of Babel book at some point, it's great.
如果你对这类东西感兴趣，John McWhorter 在他的（主要是历史）语言学入门书《The Power of Babel》里介绍了这个理论以及很多其他理论 [http://www.amazon.com/Power-Babel-Natural-History-Language/d...]。
If you're into this sort of stuff, John McWhorter describes this theory and many others in his introductory book to (mostly historical) linguistics, The Power of Babel [http://www.amazon.com/Power-Babel-Natural-History-Language/d...].
……不管哪个自以为聪明的人在书里写了什么。没错，这事儿真的踩我雷点了。(: Geoff Lindsey 博士是个很好的参考来源。另一个是 John McWhorter，特别是他的《The Power of Babel》和《Words on the Move》。语言学家是自然科学的研究者，而不是立法者。
…no matter what someone who thought they were clever wrote in a book. Yeah, this is a trigger for me. (: Dr. Geoff Lindsey is a great reference. Another is John McWhorter, specifically his books The Power of Babel and Words on the Move. Linguists are scientists of the natural world, not law-makers.
如果你对这个话题感兴趣，应该去读读《Power of Babel》！https://www.amazon.com/Power-Babel-Natural-History-Language/...
You should read Power of Babel if you like this topic! https://www.amazon.com/Power-Babel-Natural-History-Language/...
噢噢，我超喜欢这种帖子。我目前在读 Robert Caro 的《The Power Broker》，目前为止棒极了（读了大约 150 页）。刚读完 Zinn 的《A People's History》。接下来打算看《Atlas Shrugged》或者 John McWhorter 的《The Power of Babel》。
OO i love these threads. I am currently reading "The Power Broker" by Robert Caro and its awesome so far (~150 pgs in). Just finished Zinn's "A people's history". Next up is "Atlas Shrugged" or "The Power of Babel" by John McWhorter.