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100	1		_aMcWhorter, John H.
245	1	0	_aDoing our own thing : _bthe degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care / _cJohn McWhorter.
260			_aNew York : _bGotham Books, _cc2003.
300			_axxiv, 279 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index.
505	0		_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.
520			_aPublisher description: 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, from oratory to poetry to everyday journalism-and has even had dire consequences for our musical culture. McWhorter argues that the swift and startling change in written and oral communication emanated from the countercultural revolution of the 1960s and its ideology that established forms and formality were autocratic and artificial. While acknowledging that the evolution of language is in and of itself inevitable and often benign, he warns that the near-total loss of formal expression in America is unprecedented in modern history, and has reached a crisis point in our culture in which our very ability to convey ideas and arguments effectively is gravely threatened. By turns compelling and harrowing, passionate and judicious, Doing Our Own Thing is required reading for all concerned about the state of our language-and the future of intellectual life in America.
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650		0	_aPopular music _zUnited States _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xWritten English _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xSpoken English _zUnited States. _94125
650		0	_aEnglish language _xSocial aspects _zUnited States. _94124
650		0	_aEnglish language _zUnited States _xUsage.
650		0	_aLanguage and culture _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEnglish language _zUnited States. _92444
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