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What is English? Robert Lane Greene

The language we know today wasn’t born this way, but as a near-random dialect many centuries ago, built up by grammar book writers and dictionary makers since.

Where does a language come from, and what political and social factors are at play in building a language and a community?











When: Tue., Jun. 26, 2012 at 7:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $29
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The language we know today wasn’t born this way, but as a near-random dialect many centuries ago, built up by grammar book writers and dictionary makers since.

Where does a language come from, and what political and social factors are at play in building a language and a community?

Buy tickets/get more info now