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Creole specialist to speak at IUB Nov. 13 | |
| Horizons of Knowledge is sponsoring a lecture by John McWhorter of the University of California, Berkeley Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 4 p.m. in Fine Arts 015, IU Bloomington.
His topic will be “The world’s simplest grammars are creole grammars.” McWhorter specializes in language change and language contact with a concentration on pidgin and creole languages. He is the author of several books, including The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language, The Missing Spanish Creoles: Recovering the Birth of Plantation Creole Languages and The Word on the Street. McWhorter has been a guest on Dateline NBC, Politically Incorrect, Talk of the Nation, Today, All Things Considered, Good Morning, America, and Fresh Air, and is regularly interviewed by the New York Times.
For more information, contact the Creole Institute at 812-855-4988; E-mail creole@indiana.edu. | |
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