Exploring LanguageGary Goshgarian Now in its tenth edition, this marketleading language reader continues to feature thoughtprovoking readings that explore the various interconnections between language and American society. For over 25 years, this engaging reader has challenged individuals to critically examine how language affects and constructs culture and how culture constructs and affects language. This tenth edition maintains the integrity of past editions, while reflecting the new and fascinating language issues that exist in today's culture. Provocative selections are organized around nine major language areas, and then broken into stimulating sub-themes like political correctness, hate speech, language and the presidency, and censorship on campus, inviting readers to debate current social and cultural issues that are inseparable from language. Individuals interested in studying how language affects and constructs culture and how culture constructs and affects language. |
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... English had some sounds which we do not have . The sound represented by y does not occur in Modern English . If you pronounce the vowel in bit with your lips rounded , you may approach it . In grammar , Old English was much more highly ...
... English had some sounds which we do not have . The sound represented by y does not occur in Modern English . If you pronounce the vowel in bit with your lips rounded , you may approach it . In grammar , Old English was much more highly ...
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... English system of spelling these words , the differences between Modern English and Middle English are often more real than apparent . The vowel shift has meant also that we have come to use an entirely different set of symbols for ...
... English system of spelling these words , the differences between Modern English and Middle English are often more real than apparent . The vowel shift has meant also that we have come to use an entirely different set of symbols for ...
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... English now , we must specify whether we mean American English , British English , Australian English , Indian English , or what , since the differences are considerable . The American cannot go to England or the English- man to America ...
... English now , we must specify whether we mean American English , British English , Australian English , Indian English , or what , since the differences are considerable . The American cannot go to England or the English- man to America ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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