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The word on the street : fact and fable about American English Cover Image Book Book

The word on the street : fact and fable about American English

McWhorter, John H. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0306459949
  • ISBN: 9780306459948
  • Physical Description: print
    viii, 294 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Plenum Trade, c1998.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-281) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The heart of the matter : lava lamps and language -- Natural seasonings : the linguistic melting pot -- Leave your language alone : the "speech error" hoax -- In centenary honor of Mark H. Liddell : the Shakespearean tragedy -- Missing the nose on our face : pronouns and the feminist revolution -- Black English : is you is or is you ain't a language? -- An African language in north Philadelphia? : Black English and the mother continent -- Dialect in the headlines : Black English in the classroom? -- Afterword : as we travel on.

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