John Mcwhorter: Doing Our Own Thing

Cover: 9780099445357 | Doing Our Own Thing | John Mcwhorter | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2005

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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 into reverse - taking our lead from America and the legacy of the 1960s our culture increasingly privileges the oral over the written spurning the art of elaborated 'written'-style language in favour of returning to the state of a spoken culture. Parallel developments have occurred in music.

In this controversial and thought-provoking book John McWhorter argues that the 1960's rejection of cultural traits associated with the Establishment as well as a democratic celebration of what anyone can do over what requires training or talent has led to our culture being increasingly impoverished both intellectually and artistically...

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John McWhorter

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Erscheinungsjahr:	2005
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Sprachwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780099445357
ISBN-10:	0099445352
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Mcwhorter, John
Hersteller:	Arrow
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	198 x 129 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	John Mcwhorter
Erscheinungsdatum:	03.11.2005
Gewicht:	0,367 kg