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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... things you may not have known , things that may be interesting and exciting to you , things that you may agree or disagree with , or things that give you cause to ponder . The other side of the dialogue , of course , is your response ...
... things you may not have known , things that may be interesting and exciting to you , things that you may agree or disagree with , or things that give you cause to ponder . The other side of the dialogue , of course , is your response ...
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... things ; men think primarily about things . Words , pictures , and memory images are sym- bols that may be combined and varied in a thousand ways . The result is a symbolic structure whose meaning is a complex of all their respective ...
... things ; men think primarily about things . Words , pictures , and memory images are sym- bols that may be combined and varied in a thousand ways . The result is a symbolic structure whose meaning is a complex of all their respective ...
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... things . Our govern- ment seems powerless to them because , in the last analysis , it is controlled by the people ... things , so one must differentiate between things which are permissible , such as criticism of any individual or of the ...
... things . Our govern- ment seems powerless to them because , in the last analysis , it is controlled by the people ... things , so one must differentiate between things which are permissible , such as criticism of any individual or of the ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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