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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... question and challenge the writer . Jot down any points in the essay that do not measure up to your expectations or personal views . Note anything you are skeptical about . Write down any questions you have about the claims , views , or ...
... question and challenge the writer . Jot down any points in the essay that do not measure up to your expectations or personal views . Note anything you are skeptical about . Write down any questions you have about the claims , views , or ...
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... question - and - answer exer- cise designed to carry his truth - in - language thesis even further . Its purpose is to draw a no - nonsense , bright - line distinction between those who support and rationalize and those who condemn and ...
... question - and - answer exer- cise designed to carry his truth - in - language thesis even further . Its purpose is to draw a no - nonsense , bright - line distinction between those who support and rationalize and those who condemn and ...
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... Question : Have You Ever Considered Suicide ? Kate Rushin Many of the authors in this section discuss how people use humor to make light of serious sit- uations - how humor is used as a device of survival . By voicing grim realities ...
... Question : Have You Ever Considered Suicide ? Kate Rushin Many of the authors in this section discuss how people use humor to make light of serious sit- uations - how humor is used as a device of survival . By voicing grim realities ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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