Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care
Title:
Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care
Author:
McWhorter, John H.
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Gotham Books, [2003]
©2003
Physical Description:
xxiv, 279 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
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 : music talks to America.
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ISBN:
9781592400164
Format :
Book
