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Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care
| 責任表示 | John McWhorter |
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| データ種別 | 図書 |
| 版 | 1st ed |
| 出版情報 | New York : Gotham Books , 2003 |
| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 大きさ | xxiv, 279 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| 概要 | There was a time in America when presidents such as Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Kennedy exhorted our country to greatness with orations replete with elevated diction and measured rhetorical technique. But...today the hearts and minds of our weary nation are implored by a president whose idea of eloquent phrasing is "Let's roll." How did this transformation in our civic and personal communication take place? And what hope can we harbor for a better-spoken society in the future? 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, McWhorter 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. Book jacket.続きを見る |
| 目次 | 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 |
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: hbk | 中央図 自動書庫 | 830/Ma 24 | 2003 |
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書誌詳細
| 内容注記 | 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 |
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| 一般注記 | Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index |
| 著者標目 | *McWhorter, John H. |
| 件 名 | LCSH:English language -- Variation -- United States
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| 書誌ID | 1001453424 |
| ISBN | 1592400167 |
| NCID | BA64847900 |
| 巻冊次 | : hbk ; ISBN:1592400167 |
| 登録日 | 2011.08.17 |
| 更新日 | 2011.08.17 |