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The word on the street : debunking the myth of "pure" standard English

John H. McWhorter (Author)
Debunking the myth of a pure standard English, tackling controversial positions, and eschewing politically correct arguments, linguist John McWhorter considers speech patterns and regional accents to demonstrate just how the changes do occur

Print Book, English, [2000], ©1998
Perseus Pub., Cambridge, Mass., [2000], ©1998