Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care /: the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John McWhorter.
• Other Names: McWhorter, John H
• 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 -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: London : Cornerstone Digital
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 427.973; English language -- Spoken English -- United States; English language -- United States -- Usage; English language -- Written English -- United States; English language -- Social aspects -- United States; Language and culture -- United States; English language -- Variation -- United States; Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism; English language -- United States; English language; English language -- Social aspects; English language -- Spoken English; English language -- Usage; English language -- Variation; English language -- Written English; Language and culture; Popular music; Amerikanisches Englisch; Niveau; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachstil; Unterhaltungsmusik; Niveau; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachstil; Unterhaltungsmusik; Amerikansk engelska -- Förenta staterna; Språk och samhälle -- Förenta staterna; United States; USA; Amerikanisches Englisch; USA; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446473221; 1446473228
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.