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100 1  McWhorter, John H.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n96026351 
245 10 Doing our own thing :|bthe degradation of language and 
       music and why we should, like, care /|cJohn McWhorter. 
264  1 New York :|bGotham Books,|c[2003] 
264  4 |c©2003 
300    xxiv, 279 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and 
       index. 
505 0  People 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. 
650  0 English language|xVariation|zUnited States.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102771 
650  0 Popular music|zUnited States|xHistory and criticism.
       |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109794 
650  0 English language|xWritten English|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh88004881|zUnited States.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330-781 
650  0 English language|xSpoken English|zUnited States.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103174 
650  0 English language|xSocial aspects|zUnited States.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103173 
650  0 English language|zUnited States|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh85043775|xUsage.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006425 
650  0 Language and culture|zUnited States.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh2008106641 
650  0 English language|zUnited States.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh85043775 
650  7 English language|xVariation.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/911928 
650  7 Popular music.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1071422
650  7 English language|xWritten English.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/911976 
650  7 English language|xSpoken English.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/911654 
650  7 English language|xSocial aspects.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/911649 
650  7 English language.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       910920 
650  7 Language and culture.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       992135 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155
856 41 |3Table of contents|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip044
       /2003011487.html 
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