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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... Kakutani who vehemently condemns such language-laundering efforts. Directly attacking the consciousness-raising efforts of Rosalie Maggio, Kakutani's "The Word Police" argues that all the fuss about semantics draws attention away from ...
... Kakutani who vehemently condemns such language-laundering efforts. Directly attacking the consciousness-raising efforts of Rosalie Maggio, Kakutani's "The Word Police" argues that all the fuss about semantics draws attention away from ...
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... Kakutani, they fill the English language with sloppy, pious euphemisms. Michiko Kakutani is a staff writer for the New York Times, where this article first appeared in January 1993. This months inaugural festivities, with their ...
... Kakutani, they fill the English language with sloppy, pious euphemisms. Michiko Kakutani is a staff writer for the New York Times, where this article first appeared in January 1993. This months inaugural festivities, with their ...
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... Kakutani's first three paragraphs of the article. Do you think this piece is going to be serious, playful, or sarcastic? What evidence did you base your response on? 2. How do you think Kakutani would answer her own rhetorical question ...
... Kakutani's first three paragraphs of the article. Do you think this piece is going to be serious, playful, or sarcastic? What evidence did you base your response on? 2. How do you think Kakutani would answer her own rhetorical question ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
Copyright | |
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