Doing our own thing
Subtitle: the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care
By: John McWhorter.
Publisher: Gotham Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: 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; English language -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index.
Table of contents: title: People just talk : speech versus writing; title: Mere rhetoric : the decline of oratory; title: "Got marjoram?" or why I don't have any poetry; title: Rather too colloquial for elegance: written English takes it light; title: What happened to us? or play that funky music, white folks; title: La la la through a new lens : music talks to America.