{"product_id":"the-word-on-the-street","title":"The Word On The Street","description":"\u003cp\u003eMcWhorter (linguistics  U. of California-Berkeley) describes common American English for lay readers. Denying the existence of a pure and correct form  he surveys the wide regional and ethnic variations in speech patterns and accents  explains that language constantly changes  places the controversy over Ebonics in the context of his research on dialects and creoles  and wonders whether we should take the movement for gender-neutrality as far as translating Shakespeare. Annotation c. by Book News  Inc.  Portland  Or.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948723400757,"sku":"ByrdShop_0306459949","price":62.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780306459948_854e26a0-4589-4b73-89ca-5fb0de3b7f5b.jpg?v=1772672777","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-word-on-the-street","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}