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Secret Science Club: Words on the Move

Secret Science Club (North) presents Words on the Move with linguist John McWhorter.

Think the friction between red states and blue states is rough? Try checking out the culture wars over “proper English.” Linguist and master observer of American culture, John McWhorter examines and parses our shape-shifting language in this special talk coinciding with the release of his new book Words on the Move—and explores why some of the tensions over Lingua Americana may be central to our identities and views about culture and race in America.

Before & After: Try our cocktails of the night, the “Old-fashioned Grammarian” and the “YAAASSSSS!”; take our language quiz for a chance to win pithy prizes; sway to wordplay-inspired tunes; stick around for the Q&A; and snag a signed copy of John McWhorter’s latest book.

John McWhorter is a linguist and professor at Columbia University. He writes for Time, The Wall Street Journal, The Root, Politico, The New Republic, and The Atlantic, and he is a frequent guest on NPR, CNN, and MSNBC. His popular and critically acclaimed books include The Power of Babel, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue, What Language Is, and most recently, Words on the Move: Why English Won’t—and Can’t—Sit Still (Like, Literally).











When: Mon., Oct. 10, 2016 at 8:00 pm
Where: Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
212-864-1414
Price: $25
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Secret Science Club (North) presents Words on the Move with linguist John McWhorter.

Think the friction between red states and blue states is rough? Try checking out the culture wars over “proper English.” Linguist and master observer of American culture, John McWhorter examines and parses our shape-shifting language in this special talk coinciding with the release of his new book Words on the Move—and explores why some of the tensions over Lingua Americana may be central to our identities and views about culture and race in America.

Before & After: Try our cocktails of the night, the “Old-fashioned Grammarian” and the “YAAASSSSS!”; take our language quiz for a chance to win pithy prizes; sway to wordplay-inspired tunes; stick around for the Q&A; and snag a signed copy of John McWhorter’s latest book.

John McWhorter is a linguist and professor at Columbia University. He writes for Time, The Wall Street Journal, The Root, Politico, The New Republic, and The Atlantic, and he is a frequent guest on NPR, CNN, and MSNBC. His popular and critically acclaimed books include The Power of Babel, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue, What Language Is, and most recently, Words on the Move: Why English Won’t—and Can’t—Sit Still (Like, Literally).

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