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

McWhorter, John

ISBN 10: 1592400167 / ISBN 13: 9781592400164

Published by Gotham, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care
• Publisher: Gotham
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592400167
• ISBN 13: 9781592400164
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Encourages readers to establish a boundary between an acceptable evolution of language and outright language misuse, predicting the consequences of the overuse of street English in today's writing, music, and society. By the author of The Power of Babel. 50,000 first printing.

About the Authors

John McWhorter is an associate professor of linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley. His books include Authentically Black (Gotham Books, 2003), The Power of Babel, and the New York Times bestseller Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America. He has appeared on many television news shows, and his articles appear regularly in The New Republic and The Wall Street Journal.

John McWhorter is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and an associate professor of linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley.