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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... discussion , it is clear that what makes language political is not the particular vocabulary or linguistic form but the substance of the information the language conveys , the setting in which the interaction occurs , and the explicit ...
... discussion , it is clear that what makes language political is not the particular vocabulary or linguistic form but the substance of the information the language conveys , the setting in which the interaction occurs , and the explicit ...
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... discussion about it . So familiarity or expertise can also affect the amount a person contributes to a particular discussion . In one interesting study the researcher supplied particular people with extra information , making them the ...
... discussion about it . So familiarity or expertise can also affect the amount a person contributes to a particular discussion . In one interesting study the researcher supplied particular people with extra information , making them the ...
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... discussion about a topic of interest , the other half will observe the discussion group to see if the lecturer - listener patterns that Tannen describes emerge or not . What do you make of the results ? Discuss your obser- vations in a ...
... discussion about a topic of interest , the other half will observe the discussion group to see if the lecturer - listener patterns that Tannen describes emerge or not . What do you make of the results ? Discuss your obser- vations in a ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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