How long does it take to read What Language Is?
What Language Is by John H. McWhorter takes about 4 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2011. 228 pages, about 62,700 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 58 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Historical linguistics, Etymology, Linguistic change, Linguistics, Etymologi, Sprachwandel
