{"product_id":"linguistic-simplicity-and-complexity-why-do-languages-undress-paperback","title":"Linguistic Simplicity and Complexity: Why Do Languages Undress? - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn H. McWhorter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn John McWhorter's \u003ci\u003eDefining Creole\u003c\/i\u003e anthology of 2005, his collected articles conveyed the following theme: His hypothesis that creole languages are definable not just in the sociohistorical sense, but in the grammatical sense. His publications since the 1990s have argued that all languages of the world that lack a certain three traits together are creoles (i.e. born as pidgins a few hundred years ago and fleshed out into real languages). He also argued that in light of their pidgin birth, such languages are less grammatically complex than others, as the result of their recent birth as pidgins. These two claims have been highly controversial among creolists as well as other linguists. \u003c\/p\u003e In this volume, \u003ci\u003eLinguistic Simplicity and Complexity, \u003c\/i\u003eMcWhorter gathers articles he has written since then, in the wake of responses from a wide range of creolists and linguists. These articles represent a considerable divergence in direction from his earlier work. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn H. McWhorter\u003c\/strong\u003e, New York, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 348\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52695672914227,"sku":"9781934078396","price":63.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UEU3V1BPdkY5NFF3L201dE0xZE1rdz09.webp?v=1763096313","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/linguistic-simplicity-and-complexity-why-do-languages-undress-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}