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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Page 74
... teacher , who scared the voice away again . The other Chinese girls did not talk either , so I knew the silence had to do with being a Chinese girl . Reading out loud was easier than speaking because we did not have to make up what to ...
... teacher , who scared the voice away again . The other Chinese girls did not talk either , so I knew the silence had to do with being a Chinese girl . Reading out loud was easier than speaking because we did not have to make up what to ...
Page 75
... teacher said each of us had to get up and recite in front of the class , who was to listen . My sister and I had memorized the lesson perfectly . We said it to each other at home , one chanting , one listening . The teacher called on my ...
... teacher said each of us had to get up and recite in front of the class , who was to listen . My sister and I had memorized the lesson perfectly . We said it to each other at home , one chanting , one listening . The teacher called on my ...
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... teacher thinks I'm showing off , and the boys jeer . But if I pretend I don't understand , it's very different . The teacher is sympa- thetic and the boys are helpful . They really respond if they can show YOU how it is done , but ...
... teacher thinks I'm showing off , and the boys jeer . But if I pretend I don't understand , it's very different . The teacher is sympa- thetic and the boys are helpful . They really respond if they can show YOU how it is done , but ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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