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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... asked very few ques- tions . My ideas were vague , and my vocabulary was inadequate ; but as my knowl- edge of things grew , and I learned more and more words , my field of inquiry broad- ened , and I would return again and again to the ...
... asked very few ques- tions . My ideas were vague , and my vocabulary was inadequate ; but as my knowl- edge of things grew , and I learned more and more words , my field of inquiry broad- ened , and I would return again and again to the ...
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... asked him about his work and , in response to his answer , asked whether there has been a return in contemporary art to figurative painting . In response to my question , he told me a lot about the history of art — so much that when he ...
... asked him about his work and , in response to his answer , asked whether there has been a return in contemporary art to figurative painting . In response to my question , he told me a lot about the history of art — so much that when he ...
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... asked him his last wish . The patient was a Catholic . " My last wish , " he murmured , “ is to see a priest and make confession . " The doctor assured him he would arrange it , and moved on . The second patient was a Protestant . When ...
... asked him his last wish . The patient was a Catholic . " My last wish , " he murmured , “ is to see a priest and make confession . " The doctor assured him he would arrange it , and moved on . The second patient was a Protestant . When ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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