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The word on the street
fact and fable about American English
By McWhorter, John H.
- ISBN
- 978-0-30645-994-8
- Publisher
- New York : Plenum Trade, c1998.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on September 15, 1998
In the first section of this enlightening book, McWhorter (linguistics, Berkeley) examines language as "a system that is at all times on its way to changing into a different one." Not only are new slang and technical terms added, but sounds, structure, and meanings change over the centuries. McWhorter assures us that linguists have never "enco...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
