John McWhorter

Quick Facts

Full Name	John McWhorter
Occupation	Linguist
Date Of Birth	Oct 6, 1965(1965-10-06)
Age	59
Birthplace	Philadelphia
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Libra

John McWhorter Biography

John McWhorter is one of the most popular and richest Linguist who was born on October 6, 1965 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

John Hamilton McWhorter V (/m ə k ˈ hw ɔːr t ər / ; born October 6, 1965) is an American academic and linguist who is associate professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, where he teaches linguistics, American studies, philosophy, and music history. He is the author of a number of books on language and on race relations, and his writing has appeared in many prominent magazines. His research specializes on how creole languages form, and how language grammars change as the result of sociohistorical phenomena.

Since 2008, he has taught linguistics, American studies, and classes in the core curriculum program at Columbia University, where he is currently an associate professor in the English and comparative literature department. After graduation McWhorter was an associate professor of linguistics at Cornell University from 1993 to 1995 before taking up a position as associate professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1995 until 2003. He left that position to become a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank. He was contributing editor at The New Republic from 2001 to 2014. From 2006 to 2008 he was a columnist for the New York Sun and he has written columns regularly for The Root, The New York Daily News, The Daily Beast, CNN and Time Ideas.

John McWhorter Net Worth

John McWhorter is one of the richest Linguist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John McWhorter 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

McWhorter was born and raised in Philadelphia. His father, John Hamilton McWhorter IV (1927–1996) was a college administrator, and his mother Schelysture Gordon McWhorter (1937–2011) taught social work at Temple University. He attended Friends Select School in Philadelphia, and after tenth grade was accepted to Simon’s Rock College, where he earned an A.A. degree. Later, he attended Rutgers University and received a B.A. in French in 1985. He received a master’s degree in American Studies from New York University and a Ph.D. in linguistics in 1993 from Stanford University.

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Facts & Trivia

Jonah Ranked on the list of most popular Linguist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. John McWhorter celebrates birthday on October 6 of every year.

What languages can John McWhorter speak?

English

What is McWhorter's thesis?

McWhorter’s basic thesis, that creoles have simpler grammars than their lexifier languages and simpler grammars than languages transmitted through acquisition in childhood, must begin with rigorous definitions of the terms ‘simplicity’ and ‘complexity’. The paper proposes a way to measure simplicity and complexity.

How old is John McWhorter?

56 years (October 6, 1965)

When was John McWhorter born?

October 6, 1965 (age 56 years)

What language does Philippines speak?

Official languages