Exploring LanguageGary Goshgarian "Exploring Language, 8th Edition, collects 84 selections in nine chapters to focus on some provocative aspects of American culture as they are revealed by language. Among the timely topics: the media and bias, computers and writing, black English, gender differences, "warspeak," advertising (as manipulation or art?), political double talk, and bilingualism."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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... language has moved a long way from what it was in 1600. 41 The history of ... language. Many people of the eighteenth century, not understanding very well ... English, British English, Australian English, Indian English, or PAUL ROBERTS 27.
... language has moved a long way from what it was in 1600. 41 The history of ... language. Many people of the eighteenth century, not understanding very well ... English, British English, Australian English, Indian English, or PAUL ROBERTS 27.
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... English in this period of its expansion has not broken into a dozen mutually unintelligible languages. TOPICAL CONSIDERATIONS 1. Roberts states in the opening of his essay that there can be no real understanding of the English language ...
... English in this period of its expansion has not broken into a dozen mutually unintelligible languages. TOPICAL CONSIDERATIONS 1. Roberts states in the opening of his essay that there can be no real understanding of the English language ...
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... English. Well, I've spent most of this year in a position similar to the immigrants', and it's not as comfortable or satisfactory as it may look. Japan makes many more accommodations to the English language than America does to Spanish ...
... English. Well, I've spent most of this year in a position similar to the immigrants', and it's not as comfortable or satisfactory as it may look. Japan makes many more accommodations to the English language than America does to Spanish ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
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