Americans no longer expect public
figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with
skill and gift. Nor do they aspire to such command themselves. In his latest
book, Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We
Should Like, Care, John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed
liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as
responsible for the decline of formal English. Blaming the
permissive 1960s is nothing new, but this is not yet another criticism against
the decline in education. Mr. McWhorter’s academic specialty is language history
and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of "whom", for example, to be
natural and no more regreuable than the loss of the case-endings of Old
English. But the cult of the authentic and the personal, "doing
our ow A. interest in their language B. contempt for their old-fashioned ness C. admiration for their memory D. appreciation of their efforts
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Americans no longer expect public
figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with
skill and gift. Nor do they aspire to such command themselves. In his latest
book, Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We
Should Like, Care, John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed
liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as
responsible for the decline of formal English. Blaming the
permissive 1960s is nothing new, but this is not yet another criticism against
the decline in education. Mr. McWhorter’s academic specialty is language history
and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of "whom", for example, to be
natural and no more regreuable than the loss of the case-endings of Old
English. But the cult of the authentic and the personal, "doing
our ow A. Logical thinking is not necessarily related lo the way we talk. B. Black English can be more expressive than standard English. C. Non-standard varieties of human language are just as entertaining. D. Of all the varieties, standard English can best convey complex ideas.
[单项选择]Americans no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with skill and gift. Nor do they aspire to such command themselves. In his latest book, Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care, John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counter - culture as responsible for the decline of formal English.
Blaming the permissive 1960s is nothing new, but this is not yet another criticism against the decline in education. Mr. McWhorter’’ s academic speciality is language history and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of "whom", for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case - endings of Old English.
But the cult of the authentic and the personal, "doing our own thing", has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music. While even the modestly educated sought an ele A. modesty. B. personality. C. liveliness. D. informality.
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