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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... Saddam Hussein has employed the opposite tactic to win the hearts and souls of his countrymen. "Apocalypse Now" could be the name of his verbal strategy. Or, as a friend of mine calls it, "Baghdad's Best B.S." 10 "We have prepared ...
... Saddam Hussein has employed the opposite tactic to win the hearts and souls of his countrymen. "Apocalypse Now" could be the name of his verbal strategy. Or, as a friend of mine calls it, "Baghdad's Best B.S." 10 "We have prepared ...
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... Saddam promised to make allied troops "swim in their own blood" and pledged ... Hussein to win the hearts and souls of Americans: "Today 500 evil and ... Hussein's? Explain. 7. The author observes that although allied soldiers captured by ...
... Saddam promised to make allied troops "swim in their own blood" and pledged ... Hussein to win the hearts and souls of Americans: "Today 500 evil and ... Hussein's? Explain. 7. The author observes that although allied soldiers captured by ...
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... Saddam Hussein and his followers), moved pawns around and countered one another in something very similar to a game of chess. Saddam didn't use his Queen (poison gas) and was ultimately defeated by players with a better command of the ...
... Saddam Hussein and his followers), moved pawns around and countered one another in something very similar to a game of chess. Saddam didn't use his Queen (poison gas) and was ultimately defeated by players with a better command of the ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
Copyright | |
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