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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... symbols cause us to think about the thing symbolized . What do the following symbols make us think about , or what messages are communicated by them : clothes with the Tommy Hilfiger trademark on them ; a dorm windowsill stacked with ...
... symbols cause us to think about the thing symbolized . What do the following symbols make us think about , or what messages are communicated by them : clothes with the Tommy Hilfiger trademark on them ; a dorm windowsill stacked with ...
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... symbols representing a single word , have been invented , and true writing has begun . Indeed , an entire writ- ing system may be based on the logographic principle . This is the case with Chi- nese , in which each character stands for ...
... symbols representing a single word , have been invented , and true writing has begun . Indeed , an entire writ- ing system may be based on the logographic principle . This is the case with Chi- nese , in which each character stands for ...
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... symbols become predominant and their picture values less im- portant . As scribes simplify the symbols to save time and space , the original pic- tures often become unrecognizable . To use our hypothetical example from English again ...
... symbols become predominant and their picture values less im- portant . As scribes simplify the symbols to save time and space , the original pic- tures often become unrecognizable . To use our hypothetical example from English again ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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