McWhorter, John H, <br/><br/>
Doing our own thing :  the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care /  [print] 
John McWhorter. 
 - New York :  Gotham Books,  (c)2003. 
 - xxiv, 279 pages ;  24 cm. 
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<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003011487 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Variation--United States.<br/>Popular music--History and criticism.--United States<br/>English language--Written English--United States.<br/>English language--Spoken English--United States.<br/>English language--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Language and culture--United States.<br/>English language--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE2808.M478.D656 2003 PE2808