Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care / John McWhorter.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Gotham Books, 2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxiv, 279 p. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1592400167 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- English language -- Variation -- United States
- Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism
- English language -- Written English -- United States
- English language -- Spoken English -- United States
- English language -- Social aspects -- United States
- English language -- United States -- Usage
- Language and culture -- United States
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | Sonoma Academy Library | 427.973 MCW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 500910 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index.
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 : music talks to America.
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