Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care / John McW...
Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care / John McW...
Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care / John McWhorter.
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lLondon : William Heinemann, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N427.973/36
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English
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xxiv, 276 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
People just talk : speech versus writing -- Mere rhetoric : the decline of oratory -- "Got marjoram?" or why I don't have any poetry -- Rather too colloquial for elegance: written English takes it light -- What happened to us? or play that funky music, white folks -- La la la through a new lens : mu...
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Publisher
lLondon : William Heinemann, 2004.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2004.
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"In Doing Our Own Thing, linguist and cultural critic John McWhorter traces the precipitous decline of language in contemporary America, arguing persuasively that casual, everyday speech has conquered the formal in all arenas, from oratory to poetry to everyday journalism (and has even had dire consequences for our musical culture). McWhorter argue...
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Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care / John McWhorter.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index.
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Other version (online)
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N427.973/36
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74VKDEVwpD7A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKDEVwpD7A
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ISBN
0434010588 (hbk.)
9780434010585 (hbk.)
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700.103
427.973
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991019022539702626
