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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... tion - before the votes are in . Propaganda and Emotion 21 Observe that in all these devices our emotion is the stuff with which propagandists work . Without it they are helpless ; with it , harnessing it to their purposes , they can ...
... tion - before the votes are in . Propaganda and Emotion 21 Observe that in all these devices our emotion is the stuff with which propagandists work . Without it they are helpless ; with it , harnessing it to their purposes , they can ...
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... tion also gives us courage . Thinking together , deciding what actions to take , more of us become bold . As we learn from each other's experiences and interpretations , we see issues in richer detail . This clarity can help us see both ...
... tion also gives us courage . Thinking together , deciding what actions to take , more of us become bold . As we learn from each other's experiences and interpretations , we see issues in richer detail . This clarity can help us see both ...
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... tion in 1959 , but the old words did not go quietly : Davidson recalls attending a guest lecture in graduate school in the 1970s where the speaker , an esteemed pro- fessor in the field , discoursed on " low - grade imbeciles . " ( The ...
... tion in 1959 , but the old words did not go quietly : Davidson recalls attending a guest lecture in graduate school in the 1970s where the speaker , an esteemed pro- fessor in the field , discoursed on " low - grade imbeciles . " ( The ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
A Brief History of English | 32 |
Copyright | |
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