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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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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Cultural studies

• Pełny tytuł: Doing Our Own Thing
• Podtytuł: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care
• Autor: John H. McWhorter
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 304
• EAN: 9780099445357
• ISBN: 0099445352
• ID: 04859552
• Wydawca: Cornerstone
• Waga: 216 g
• Wymiary: 197 × 131 × 25 mm
• Data wydania: 03. November 2005

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