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Doing our own thing

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An edition of Doing our own thing (2003)

Doing our own thing

the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care

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Gotham Books
Language
English
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279

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Subjects

Popular music, History and criticism, Written English, Language and culture, English language, Variation, Usage, Spoken English, Anglais (Langue), Histoire et critique, Dichtersprache, Populaire muziek, Aspect social, Anglais écrit, Langage et culture, Schriftsprache, Musik, Soziolinguistik, Gesprochene Sprache, Omgangstaal, Social aspects, Taalverandering, Musique populaire, Anglais parlé, Officiële taal, New York Times reviewed, English language, united states, English language, spoken english, English language, usage, Popular music, history and criticism
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Cover of: Doing our own thing
Doing our own thing: the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care
2003, Gotham Books
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Table of Contents

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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-266) and index.

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427/.973
Library of Congress
PE2808.8 .M38 2003, PE2808.8

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xxiv, 279 p. ;
Number of pages
279

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OL3675420M
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doingourownthing00mcwho
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1592400167
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2003011487
OCLC/WorldCat
53241560
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125436
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607865

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