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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... males, his grasp of what is required of him to be a man is often unsure. Likewise, prescriptions for male behavior are usually given in the negative, leading to the "Real Men Don't" syndrome, a process that further confuses the boy ...
... males, his grasp of what is required of him to be a man is often unsure. Likewise, prescriptions for male behavior are usually given in the negative, leading to the "Real Men Don't" syndrome, a process that further confuses the boy ...
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... male and female are suspected of a crime, the male is usually presumed the guilty party. In a notorious murder case, when two suspects — Debra Brown and Alton Coleman — were apprehended, police discovered Brown's fingerprint in a ...
... male and female are suspected of a crime, the male is usually presumed the guilty party. In a notorious murder case, when two suspects — Debra Brown and Alton Coleman — were apprehended, police discovered Brown's fingerprint in a ...
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... male-bashing bandwagon to disseminate what John Gordon calls "the myth of the monstrous male." With increasing frequency, this academically fashionable misandry can also be heard echoing from our students. "A white upper- middle-class ...
... male-bashing bandwagon to disseminate what John Gordon calls "the myth of the monstrous male." With increasing frequency, this academically fashionable misandry can also be heard echoing from our students. "A white upper- middle-class ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
Copyright | |
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