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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... speech proclaims racial inferiority and denies the personhood of target - group members . All members of the target group are at once considered alike and inferior " ( 36 ) . But a proclamation of inferiority is ... Hate Speech □ 499.
... speech proclaims racial inferiority and denies the personhood of target - group members . All members of the target group are at once considered alike and inferior " ( 36 ) . But a proclamation of inferiority is ... Hate Speech □ 499.
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... that they have to be , if we are to live together more or less peaceably in a state of civilization . We may argue about what kinds of actions 10 11 12 13 14 should be punishable , and 500 Chapter 8 / Political Correctness and Hate Speech.
... that they have to be , if we are to live together more or less peaceably in a state of civilization . We may argue about what kinds of actions 10 11 12 13 14 should be punishable , and 500 Chapter 8 / Political Correctness and Hate Speech.
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... speech is not action is to fall into the logical error of drawing a sharp distinction between mind and body . How we feel about hate speech and the First Amendment reflects our view of language itself . If we believe that words are not ...
... speech is not action is to fall into the logical error of drawing a sharp distinction between mind and body . How we feel about hate speech and the First Amendment reflects our view of language itself . If we believe that words are not ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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