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Is the growing influence of Spanish threatening to displace English in the United States? Are America's grammatical standards in serious decline? Has the media saturation of our culture homogenized our speech?

These and other questions catapulted Robert MacNeil and William Cran, coauthors of the language classic The Story of English, on a journey that took them around the country in search of answers. Do You Speak American?, the companion volume to a PBS special, is the tale of the surprising discoveries they made while interviewing a host of native speakers and observing everyday verbal interactions across the country. Examining the histories and controversies surrounding both written and spoken American English, MacNeil and Cran address highly emotional anxieties and assumptions about our language-and offer some unpredictable responses.

With insight and wit, MacNeil and Cran bring us a compelling follow-up to The Story of English that is at once a celebration and a potent study of our singular language.

Book News Annotation:

As America unceasingly reinvents itself, it must continually create language to express that reinvention--or so argue journalists MacNeil (former co-anchor of MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour) and Cran. Here, they address such topical issues as whether or not American grammatical standards are declining, if mass media is homogenizing speech, and if Spanish is threatening to displace English in the United States. While written for a general audience. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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The companion volume to a PBS special, this is the tale of the surprising discoveries the authors made while interviewing a host of native speakers and observing everyday verbal interactions across the country. High school & older.

Synopsis:

A real and linguistic travelogue through the United States by the authors of the bestseller The Story of English. Tie-in to the PBS-TV special Do You Speak American hosted by MacNeil and scheduled to air 1/5/05.
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About the Author

ROBERT MacNEIL and WILLIAM CRAN are the coauthors of The Story of English (with Robert McCrum). The coanchor of PBS's The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour until his retirement in 1995, Robert MacNeil is also the author of two volumes of memoir and three novels, including, most recently, Breaking News. He lives in New York City.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780156032889
Author:
Macneil, Robert
Publisher:
Harvest Books
Author:
MacNeil, Robert
Author:
Cran, William
Subject:
Communication
Subject:
English language
Subject:
Speech
Subject:
Linguistics
Subject:
Americanisms
Subject:
Sociolinguistics
Subject:
General Language Arts & Disciplines
Subject:
English language -- United States.
Subject:
Communication Studies
Subject:
Linguistics - General
Subject:
General-General
Copyright:
2005
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
20051131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
One black-and-white map
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8 x 5.31 in 0.48 lb
Age Level:
General Language Arts & Disciplines
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"Synopsis" by , The companion volume to a PBS special, this is the tale of the surprising discoveries the authors made while interviewing a host of native speakers and observing everyday verbal interactions across the country. High school & older.

"Synopsis" by , A real and linguistic travelogue through the United States by the authors of the bestseller The Story of English. Tie-in to the PBS-TV special Do You Speak American hosted by MacNeil and scheduled to air 1/5/05.
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