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

Hardback (04 Nov 2004)

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Publisher's Synopsis

'In Doing Our Own Thing', critically acclaimed linguist and cultural critic John McWhorter traces the precipitous decline of the English language, arguing persuasively that casual, everyday speech has conquered the formal in all arenas, from oratory to poetry to everyday journalism.

Book information

ISBN: 9780434010585
Publisher: William Heinemann
Imprint: William Heinemann
Pub date:
DEWEY: 427.973
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 279
Weight: 535g
Height: 250mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 32mm