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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... speech codes as a matter of general principle . Instead my argument turns away from general principle to the pragmatic ( anti ) principle of considering each situation as it emerges . The question of whether or not to regulate will ...
... speech codes as a matter of general principle . Instead my argument turns away from general principle to the pragmatic ( anti ) principle of considering each situation as it emerges . The question of whether or not to regulate will ...
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... speech - zone systems relegating protests , demonstrations and all other forms of student speech to a handful of ... codes were the weapon of choice against " offensive " speech on campuses in the early 1980s , but universities were ...
... speech - zone systems relegating protests , demonstrations and all other forms of student speech to a handful of ... codes were the weapon of choice against " offensive " speech on campuses in the early 1980s , but universities were ...
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... speech codes must be enforced to guarantee to all the equal protection mandated by the Fourteenth Amendment ? Or is the problem exaggerated - are there other ways to combat it , and does the need for preserving the First Amendment ...
... speech codes must be enforced to guarantee to all the equal protection mandated by the Fourteenth Amendment ? Or is the problem exaggerated - are there other ways to combat it , and does the need for preserving the First Amendment ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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