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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... person you must consider him or her . You must be aware of that person's feelings about what is happening , and you have some right to require him or her to do the same for you , to be aware of you and your feelings . In this sense talk ...
... person you must consider him or her . You must be aware of that person's feelings about what is happening , and you have some right to require him or her to do the same for you , to be aware of you and your feelings . In this sense talk ...
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... Person , " the column written by the language expert who recently won the World Wrestling Federation Grammar Smackdown when he kneed William Safire right in the gerunds . Our first language question comes from an extremely high federal ...
... Person , " the column written by the language expert who recently won the World Wrestling Federation Grammar Smackdown when he kneed William Safire right in the gerunds . Our first language question comes from an extremely high federal ...
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... person with autism " or a " person with retardation " is not like being " a person with a plaid jacket " or " a person with a cane . " Autism , mental retardation , and other mental handicaps pervade and permeate every moment of a person's ...
... person with autism " or a " person with retardation " is not like being " a person with a plaid jacket " or " a person with a cane . " Autism , mental retardation , and other mental handicaps pervade and permeate every moment of a person's ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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