Language Interrupted
Language Interrupted by John McWhorter is a 2007 Society & Culture book written by TED speaker John McWhorter, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "4 reasons to learn a new language" (2016), 6.3M views on TED.com
- Timing: Published 9 years before the talk.
- In the catalogue: The 2nd of 3 books by John McWhorter on Books Worth Reading (2005–2009), by publication year.
- Edition: Oxford University Press, 2007 · 314 pages
The paired TED talk
4 reasons to learn a new language (2016), the TED talk by John McWhorter.
From the publisher
Written by one of the leading figures in creole studies, this book addresses in detail five distinct language families, making it of interest to specialists in all of them. Language Interrupted is also a useful unitary statement about language contact, to be consulted partly as a text and partly as a reference book with case studies.