Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care by John McWhorter

Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care

John McWhorter

304 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction music informative reflective slow-paced
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In "Doing Our Own Thing," critically acclaimed linguist and cultural critic John McWhorter traces the precipitous decline of language in contemporary America, arguing persuasively that casual, everyday speech has conquered the formal in all arenas...

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