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Losing the race : self-sabotage in Black America / by McWhorter, John H.(CARDINAL)342022;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and index.
Subjects: African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; Success; Self-defeating behavior.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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What language is : and what it isn't and what it could be / by McWhorter, John H.(CARDINAL)342022;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Language and languages; Linguistic change.; Historical linguistics.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The word on the street : debunking the myth of "pure" standard English / by McWhorter, John H.(CARDINAL)342022;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-281) and index.
Subjects: African Americans; Americanisms.; Black English.; English language; English language; English language; English language; Language and culture;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Losing the race : self-sabotage in Black America / by McWhorter, John H.(CARDINAL)342022;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index.
Subjects: African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; Self-defeating behavior.; Success;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 8
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The power of Babel : a natural history of language / by McWhorter, John H.(CARDINAL)342022;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-315) and index.Machine generated contents note: 1 The First Language Morphs into Six Thousand New Ones -- 2 The Six Thousand Languages Develop into Clusters of Sublanguages -- 3 The Thousands of Dialects Mix with One Another -- 4 Some Languages Are Crushed to Powder but Rise Again as New Ones -- 5 The Thousands of Dialects of Thousands of Languages All Develop Far Beyond the Call of Duty -- 6 Some Languages Get Genetically Altered and Frozen -- 7 Most of the World's Languages Went Extinct -- Epilogue: "Extra, Extra! The Language of Adam and Eve".
Subjects: Historical linguistics.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 8
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What language is : and what it isn't and what it could be / by McWhorter, John H.(CARDINAL)342022;
MARCIVE 1/4/12Includes bibliographical references and index.Languages are ingrown -- Language is dissheveled [sic] -- Language is intricate -- Language is oral -- Language is mixed -- This view of language."New York Times"-bestselling author and renowned linguist McWhorter explores the complicated and fascinating world of languages. He celebrates the history and curiosities of languages around the world and smashes our assumptions about "correct" grammar
Subjects: Language and languages; Linguistic change.; Historical linguistics.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Talking back, talking Black : truths about America's Lingua Franca / by McWhorter, John H.(CARDINAL)342022;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-173) and index.It's complicated -- What do you mean "sounds Black"? -- But they can't talk that way at a job interview! -- Speaking Black or speaking minstrel? -- Through a lens darkly?"In his first book devoted solely to the form, structure, and development of Black English, John McWhorter clearly explains its fundamentals and rich history, while carefully examining the cultural, educational, and political issues that have undermined recognition of this transformative, empowering dialect."--Page [4] of cover.
Subjects: Black English; English language; African Americans; Sociolinguistics;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care / by McWhorter, John H.(CARDINAL)342022;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.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.
Subjects: English language; Popular music; English language; English language; English language; English language; Language and culture;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Authentically Black : essays for the Black silent majority / by McWhorter, John H.;
Subjects: African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans in popular culture.; Popular culture;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Language A to Z [sound recording] / by McWhorter, John H.(CARDINAL)342022; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Lecture delivered by John McWhorter, Columbia University.With more than 6,000 languages spoken around the world, it's no wonder that linguistics, the study of language, has a reputation for being complex and inaccessible. But here's a secret: There's a lot that's quirky and intriguing about how human language works--and much of it is downright fun to learn about.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Language and languages.; Linguistics.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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