000273706 000__ 01515cam\a2200337Ia\45e0 000273706 001__ 273706 000273706 005__ 20210513103205.0 000273706 008__ 031021s2003\\\\nyu\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\d 000273706 010__ $$a 2003011487 000273706 020__ $$a1592400167 (alk. paper) 000273706 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm53241560 000273706 035__ $$a273706 000273706 040__ $$aIMP$$cIMP$$dUOK$$dTMS 000273706 049__ $$aISEA 000273706 090__ $$aPE2808.8$$b.M38 2003 000273706 092__ $$a427.973 000273706 1001_ $$aMcWhorter, John H. 000273706 24510 $$aDoing our own thing :$$bthe degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care /$$cJohn McWhorter. 000273706 250__ $$a1st ed. 000273706 260__ $$aNew York :$$bGotham Books,$$c2003. 000273706 300__ $$axxiv, 279 p. ;$$c24 cm. 000273706 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index. 000273706 5050_ $$aPeople 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. 000273706 650_0 $$aEnglish language$$xVariation$$zUnited States. 000273706 650_0 $$aPopular music$$zUnited States$$xHistory and criticism. 000273706 650_0 $$aEnglish language$$xWritten English$$zUnited States. 000273706 650_0 $$aEnglish language$$xSpoken English$$zUnited States. 000273706 650_0 $$aEnglish language$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States. 000273706 650_0 $$aEnglish language$$zUnited States$$xUsage. 000273706 650_0 $$aLanguage and culture$$zUnited States. 000273706 85200 $$bgen$$hPE2808.8$$i.M38$$i2003 000273706 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:273706$$pGLOBAL_SET 000273706 980__ $$aBIB 000273706 980__ $$aBOOK 000273706 994__ $$aE0$$bISE