Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

303: Creoles 2 (featuring John McWhorter, Knut Olawsky, & Ji-Soo Kweon)


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We're continuing our discussion of a controversial paper about how new languages get started. When you start talking about creole languages, the linguistic becomes the political very quickly. So what are linguists saying about this work? And is there anything creoles have in common? We take it up with John McWhorter on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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