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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... example , you could be a man from 1848 commenting on the Seneca Falls Convention or a woman expressing her opinion of Eleanor Roosevelt's speech to the United Nations . 2. In paragraph 26 in his " Letter from Birmingham Jail , " Martin ...
... example , you could be a man from 1848 commenting on the Seneca Falls Convention or a woman expressing her opinion of Eleanor Roosevelt's speech to the United Nations . 2. In paragraph 26 in his " Letter from Birmingham Jail , " Martin ...
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... example , are there certain words that seem " male " and others that seem " female " ? Review the essays by Gold and Quindlen and evaluate the words they use to convey their ideas . Write an essay that considers the idea of " gendered ...
... example , are there certain words that seem " male " and others that seem " female " ? Review the essays by Gold and Quindlen and evaluate the words they use to convey their ideas . Write an essay that considers the idea of " gendered ...
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... example of biased ( or stereotyped ) language ? " Mary is wearing her hair in a French braid today , so she'll no doubt wear it that way tomorrow . " 4. What are the categories Maggio specifically names as subject to biased language ...
... example of biased ( or stereotyped ) language ? " Mary is wearing her hair in a French braid today , so she'll no doubt wear it that way tomorrow . " 4. What are the categories Maggio specifically names as subject to biased language ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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