The 4th Cassidy LePage Distinguished Lecture

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Event Date: 
Nov 9 2018 - 5:00pm - 8:00pm

The Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy and the Jamaican Language Unit invites you to the 4th Cassidy LePage Distinguished Lecture to be held on November 9, 2018 at 5:00 PM. Our guest is the famed Professor John McWhorter who teaches linguistics, philosophy and music history at Columbia University. He is the author of twenty books including The Power of Babel; Words on the Move; Talking Back, Talking Black; The Missing Spanish Creoles; and The Creole Debate, hosts Slate’s language podcast Lexicon Valley and writes for the Atlantic.

 

It promises to be an interesting lecture titled: “Should the debates about the origins of creoles matter?” 

 

                      JOHN MCWHORTHER FLYER-page-001

 

Venue: 
Multifunctional Room, Main Library, The UWI, Mona Campus
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Contact Information
Susanna Campbell
Tel: 
876-970-2953
Email: 
susanna.campbell02@uwimona.edu.jm

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