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What does Naylor mean when, after a lengthy discussion of her previous
knowledge of the word "nigger," she says that she "didn't 'hear' it" until the boy in
the third grade used it? Why does she place the word "hear" in quotation marks?
What does Naylor mean when, after a lengthy discussion of her previous
knowledge of the word "nigger," she says that she "didn't 'hear' it" until the boy in
the third grade used it? Why does she place the word "hear" in quotation marks?
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Gary Goshgarian. Coming to Language Wordstruck EUDORA WELTY Topical
Considerations 1. Enjoyable class discussion should occur here. You might poll
your students on what classics (e.g., Little Women, Wind in the Willows, Peter
Pan), ...
Gary Goshgarian. Coming to Language Wordstruck EUDORA WELTY Topical
Considerations 1. Enjoyable class discussion should occur here. You might poll
your students on what classics (e.g., Little Women, Wind in the Willows, Peter
Pan), ...
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Open for discussion. I think/aggof is the pejorative term heard most often today.
Militant lesbians and gays probably don't much care if the term enjoys the neutral
status of gay in the straight community. As for neutralization of the term, I doubt ...
Open for discussion. I think/aggof is the pejorative term heard most often today.
Militant lesbians and gays probably don't much care if the term enjoys the neutral
status of gay in the straight community. As for neutralization of the term, I doubt ...
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Contents
Selection Slanting and Charged Language | 2 |
We cannot communicate without bias Even when our intentions are | 11 |
Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
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| Title | Exploring language |
| Editor | Gary Goshgarian |
| Edition | 7 |
| Publisher | HarperCollins College Publishers, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0673523500, 9780673523501 |
| Subjects | College readers English language |
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