John McWhorter – Russ Roberts
John McWhorter is a linguist, an author, and a social scientist. Russ Roberts is an interview host. We found 1 podcast interview connecting John McWhorter and Russ Roberts.
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Episodes with John McWhorter & Russ Roberts
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21 Aug 2017
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John McWhorter on the Evolution of Language and Words on the Move
How did bad come to mean good? Why is Shakespeare so hard to understand? Is there anything good about "like" and "you know?" Author and professor John McWhorter of Columbia University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the unplanned ways that English speakers create English, an example of emergent order. Topic