The Resource Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care, John McWhorter
Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care, John McWhorter
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- Summary
- Encourages readers to establish a boundary between an acceptable evolution of language and outright language misuse, predicting the consequences of the overuse of street English in contemporary writing, music, and society
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 279 pages)
- 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
- Link
-
- https://archive.org/details/doingourownthing00mcwho
- http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip044/2003011487.html
- http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2003011487-b.html
- http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2003011487-s.html
- https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3675420M
- http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2003011487-d.html
- Label
- Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care
- Title
- Doing our own thing
- Title remainder
- the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care
- Statement of responsibility
- John McWhorter
- Subject
-
- Omgangstaal
- Popular music
- English language -- Usage
- English language -- Social aspects
- Musique populaire -- États-Unis -- Histoire et critique
- Musik
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- English language -- United States
- English language -- Variation
- Language and culture
- Anglais (Langue) -- États-unis -- Anglais écrit
- Anglais (Langue) -- Variation -- États-Unis
- Anglais (Langue) -- Aspect social -- États-Unis
- English language -- Spoken English -- United States
- Gesprochene Sprache
- Language and culture -- United States
- English language -- Spoken English
- Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism
- English language -- Social aspects -- United States
- English language -- Written English
- Soziolinguistik
- English language
- Officiële taal
- Black English
- English language -- Written English -- United States
- United States
- Anglais (Langue) -- États-Unis
- English language -- United States -- Usage
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- Langage et culture -- États-Unis
- English language -- Variation -- United States
- Populaire muziek
- Anglais (Langue) -- États-Unis -- Anglais parlé
- Taalverandering
- Schriftsprache
- Dichtersprache
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Encourages readers to establish a boundary between an acceptable evolution of language and outright language misuse, predicting the consequences of the overuse of street English in contemporary writing, music, and society
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McWhorter, John H
- Dewey number
- 427/.973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PE2808.8
- LC item number
- .M38 2003
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- English language
- Popular music
- English language
- English language
- English language
- English language
- Language and culture
- English language
- Anglais (Langue)
- Musique populaire
- Anglais (Langue)
- Anglais (Langue)
- Anglais (Langue)
- Langage et culture
- Anglais (Langue)
- Omgangstaal
- Officiële taal
- Taalverandering
- Populaire muziek
- Schriftsprache
- Dichtersprache
- Musik
- Soziolinguistik
- Gesprochene Sprache
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- Black English
- English language
- English language
- English language
- English language
- English language
- English language
- Language and culture
- Popular music
- United States
- Label
- Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care, John McWhorter
- Link
-
- https://archive.org/details/doingourownthing00mcwho
- http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip044/2003011487.html
- http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2003011487-b.html
- http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2003011487-s.html
- https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3675420M
- http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2003011487-d.html
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index
- 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
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 279 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1033595809
- Label
- Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care, John McWhorter
- Link
-
- https://archive.org/details/doingourownthing00mcwho
- http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip044/2003011487.html
- http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2003011487-b.html
- http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2003011487-s.html
- https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3675420M
- http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2003011487-d.html
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index
- 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
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 279 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1033595809
Subject
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- Anglais (Langue) -- Aspect social -- États-Unis
- Anglais (Langue) -- Variation -- États-Unis
- Anglais (Langue) -- États-Unis
- Anglais (Langue) -- États-Unis -- Anglais parlé
- Anglais (Langue) -- États-unis -- Anglais écrit
- Black English
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Dichtersprache
- English language
- English language -- Social aspects
- English language -- Social aspects -- United States
- English language -- Spoken English
- English language -- Spoken English -- United States
- English language -- United States
- English language -- United States -- Usage
- English language -- Usage
- English language -- Variation
- English language -- Variation -- United States
- English language -- Written English
- English language -- Written English -- United States
- Gesprochene Sprache
- Langage et culture -- États-Unis
- Language and culture
- Language and culture -- United States
- Musik
- Musique populaire -- États-Unis -- Histoire et critique
- Officiële taal
- Omgangstaal
- Populaire muziek
- Popular music
- Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism
- Schriftsprache
- Soziolinguistik
- Taalverandering
- United States
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