Language A to Z. Episode 22, W for What's Up, Doc?.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 13413225 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2020Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2023Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (16 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
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- online resource
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
John McWhorter
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2020.
Professor McWhorter provides a closer look at slang and its place in language. How did English slang evolve over the centuries, and why does it keep changing? Why do we seem to be using it now more than ever? And what does texting say about the importance of slang today?
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English