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Words on the Move: Why English Won’t – and Can’t – Sit Still (Like, Literally)

With John H. McWhorter, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.

This illustrated lectures takes the audience on a lively tour of how the English language is evolving before our eyes — and argues why we should embrace this transformation, not fight it.











When: Wed., Dec. 7, 2016 at 6:30 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
476 Fifth Ave. (42nd St. Entrance)
212-340-0863
Price: Free
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With John H. McWhorter, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.

This illustrated lectures takes the audience on a lively tour of how the English language is evolving before our eyes — and argues why we should embrace this transformation, not fight it.

Buy tickets/get more info now