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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... term she has inadvertently let slip . These appear in paragraphs 9 and 26. What's going on here - didn't she have ... term , or from previous terms . Where have you struggled with politically correct language use ? Have you always been ...
... term she has inadvertently let slip . These appear in paragraphs 9 and 26. What's going on here - didn't she have ... term , or from previous terms . Where have you struggled with politically correct language use ? Have you always been ...
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... term used , somewhat begrudgingly , by psychologists to describe people who score lower than 70 on IQ tests , almost everyone in the developmental - disability field thinks it's demeaning and wants a new word . In May 2001 , for ...
... term used , somewhat begrudgingly , by psychologists to describe people who score lower than 70 on IQ tests , almost everyone in the developmental - disability field thinks it's demeaning and wants a new word . In May 2001 , for ...
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... term 20 years ago . But now it means middle - class white men who want to assimilate . It hasn't included blacks or poor people or women . The word " queer " helps set up a new community that " gay " has excluded . It is a fighting word ...
... term 20 years ago . But now it means middle - class white men who want to assimilate . It hasn't included blacks or poor people or women . The word " queer " helps set up a new community that " gay " has excluded . It is a fighting word ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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