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John McWhorter
276 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 0434010588
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Language: English
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Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and why We Should, Like, Care by John McWhorter is a enlightening read that will resonate with anyone who values the art of language, music, and intellectual curiosity, and is eager to explore the complexities of cultural evolution and the importance of preserving artistic expression.
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Once languages become written, they change. Only in writing does language develop the artfulness and richness that we associate with a Shakespeare, a Proust or a Whitman. Yet over the last forty years, the English-language has effectively gone int...
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—
John McWhorter
276 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 0434010588
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and why We Should, Like, Care by John McWhorter is a enlightening read that will resonate with anyone who values the art of language, music, and intellectual curiosity, and is eager to explore the complexities of cultural evolution and the importance of preserving artistic expression.
Description
Once languages become written, they change. Only in writing does language develop the artfulness and richness that we associate with a Shakespeare, a Proust or a Whitman. Yet over the last forty years, the English-language has effectively gone int...
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