Spreading the Word: Language and Dialect in America by John McWhorter

Spreading the Word: Language and Dialect in America

John McWhorter

96 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction education informative fast-paced
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The idea that there is one best English is so intuitively plausible and so relentlessly inculcated in us that it is only natural to attempt to uphold this Standard among our students. Our error is in thinking that anything that deviates from this ...

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