Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
Other by Professor John McWhorter
Tracklist
- 1Alarm Over the Decay of English
- 2Surprises in the Ancestry of Old English
- 3Not Exactly Anglo-Saxon
- 4Don’t Forget the Celtic Connection
- 5From Insider Language to Lingua Franca
- 6English as Easy German
- 7The Viking Conquest of English
- 8How the Words of Modern English Emerged
- 9Black English — The Streamlining Continues
- 10Honored Conceits of Blackboard Grammar
- 11Pronoun Fashions Come and Go
- 12Wrong Then, Proper Now — and Vice Versa
- 13A Procession of Accidents and Fossils
- 14The Pursuit of Logic in Language
- 15Clarity as the Logic of Language
- 1620th-Century Fashions From Strunk & White
- 17The Kinds of Grammar You Don’t Hear About
- 18Linguists Uncovering Grammar We All Use
- 19Speech Versus Writing — Different Languages
- 20Speechmaking — From Oratory to Plain Speaking
- 21The Old and New Styles of Writing
- 22Got Poetry? Language With Spice
- 23Why Texting Is Misunderstood
- 24The Living Past and Future of English
More by Professor John McWhorter
Issues
- MDigital Media