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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Page 121
... look for in their drafts is information . They know that a good piece of writing is built from specific , accurate , and interesting information . The writer must have an abundance of information from which to construct a read- able ...
... look for in their drafts is information . They know that a good piece of writing is built from specific , accurate , and interesting information . The writer must have an abundance of information from which to construct a read- able ...
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... Look on her , look , her lips . 13 Look there , look there ! 14 15 16 17 Shakespeare's contemporaries made the King James Bible a centerpiece of short words " And God said , Let there be light : and there was light . And God saw the ...
... Look on her , look , her lips . 13 Look there , look there ! 14 15 16 17 Shakespeare's contemporaries made the King James Bible a centerpiece of short words " And God said , Let there be light : and there was light . And God saw the ...
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... look young to one person and old to another . A toothpaste ad says , " Helps prevent cavities , " but it doesn't say it will actu- ally prevent cavities . Brushing your teeth regularly , avoiding sugars in foods , and flossing daily ...
... look young to one person and old to another . A toothpaste ad says , " Helps prevent cavities , " but it doesn't say it will actu- ally prevent cavities . Brushing your teeth regularly , avoiding sugars in foods , and flossing daily ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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