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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... speak English in their home . Her parents recognized the power of language - they told their children to " speak better English than the gringo , so that he could not ridicule [ them ] the way they had been ridiculed in school and work ...
... speak English in their home . Her parents recognized the power of language - they told their children to " speak better English than the gringo , so that he could not ridicule [ them ] the way they had been ridiculed in school and work ...
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... speak more than females . If this is true , what accounts for the ex- cess of proverbs and sayings regarding women's talk ? Explain . 4. In paragraph 32 , Holmes cites a 16 - year - old girl who explains why she doesn't speak more in ...
... speak more than females . If this is true , what accounts for the ex- cess of proverbs and sayings regarding women's talk ? Explain . 4. In paragraph 32 , Holmes cites a 16 - year - old girl who explains why she doesn't speak more in ...
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... Speak No Evil Day " will be a day when , through humankind's col- lective efforts , we will experience a taste of heaven on earth . A Jewish proverb teaches : " If you will it , it is no fantasy . " If we only want it enough , " Speak ...
... Speak No Evil Day " will be a day when , through humankind's col- lective efforts , we will experience a taste of heaven on earth . A Jewish proverb teaches : " If you will it , it is no fantasy . " If we only want it enough , " Speak ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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