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McWhorter, John H.(Author).

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  • ISBN: 1592400167 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: print
    xxiv, 279 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Gotham Books, 2003.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) ... Read More
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People just talk : speech versus writing -- Mere ... Read More

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Subject: English language Variation United States
Popular music United States History and criticism
English language Written English United States
English language Spoken English United States
English language Social aspects United States
English language United States Usage
Language and culture United States
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504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index.
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.
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