Exploring LanguageGary Goshgarian "Exploring Language, 8th Edition, collects 84 selections in nine chapters to focus on some provocative aspects of American culture as they are revealed by language. Among the timely topics: the media and bias, computers and writing, black English, gender differences, "warspeak," advertising (as manipulation or art?), political double talk, and bilingualism."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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... Cohn's analysis points an Orwellian finger at a chilling political practice — one that helped us through the Persian Gulf War. Carol Cohn is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Psychological Studies in the Nuclear Age, an ...
... Cohn's analysis points an Orwellian finger at a chilling political practice — one that helped us through the Persian Gulf War. Carol Cohn is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Psychological Studies in the Nuclear Age, an ...
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... Cohn describes as typically male ways of thinking about something? O 6. What kind of war game does Cohn play, beginning with paragraph 16? What kinds of restraints are placed on the players — what may they do and not do? How would you ...
... Cohn describes as typically male ways of thinking about something? O 6. What kind of war game does Cohn play, beginning with paragraph 16? What kinds of restraints are placed on the players — what may they do and not do? How would you ...
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... Cohn complains about journalistic references to "the size of [ex-president] Bush's private parts" as a way of discussing strategy. What problems do you think she has with these references? Have you ever heard praise for achievement in ...
... Cohn complains about journalistic references to "the size of [ex-president] Bush's private parts" as a way of discussing strategy. What problems do you think she has with these references? Have you ever heard praise for achievement in ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
Copyright | |
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