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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... linguistic sensitivity reciprocated ? Explain . 7. In his article on the language of war , Jon Hooten quotes linguist George Lakoff ( paragraph 31 ) , " It is important to distinguish what is metaphorical from what is not . " Read the ...
... linguistic sensitivity reciprocated ? Explain . 7. In his article on the language of war , Jon Hooten quotes linguist George Lakoff ( paragraph 31 ) , " It is important to distinguish what is metaphorical from what is not . " Read the ...
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... linguists who see uptalk as being about uncertainty and deference to the listener . But McLemore scoffs at these ... linguistic expertise ) likes this latter interpreta- tion . He insists that the spread of uptalk indicates the lack ...
... linguists who see uptalk as being about uncertainty and deference to the listener . But McLemore scoffs at these ... linguistic expertise ) likes this latter interpreta- tion . He insists that the spread of uptalk indicates the lack ...
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... linguistically arid . For consider that what some people are pleased to call linguistic evolution was almost always a matter of ignorance prevailing over knowledge . There is no valid reason , for example , for the word nice to have ...
... linguistically arid . For consider that what some people are pleased to call linguistic evolution was almost always a matter of ignorance prevailing over knowledge . There is no valid reason , for example , for the word nice to have ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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