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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... Language for the Deaf Margalit Fox While sign language opened the doors of language to the deaf , the thousands of people who use it still must learn two languages to communicate in their world - the language of signing and the alphabet ...
... Language for the Deaf Margalit Fox While sign language opened the doors of language to the deaf , the thousands of people who use it still must learn two languages to communicate in their world - the language of signing and the alphabet ...
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... language . It aims to capture the visual subtleties of sign language by recording body movement . Because it records sign language rather than spoken languages such as English or Spanish , SignWriting can be used internationally to ...
... language . It aims to capture the visual subtleties of sign language by recording body movement . Because it records sign language rather than spoken languages such as English or Spanish , SignWriting can be used internationally to ...
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... language , regardless of what other languages we may use unofficially . As an immigrant to this nation , I am keenly aware of the things that bind us as Americans and unite us as a single people . Foremost among these unifying forces is ...
... language , regardless of what other languages we may use unofficially . As an immigrant to this nation , I am keenly aware of the things that bind us as Americans and unite us as a single people . Foremost among these unifying forces is ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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