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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... William Lutz With These Words I Can Sell You Anything 1 46 William Lutz Bias-Free Language: Some Guidelines 313 Rosalie Maggio The Language of Advertising 161 Charles A. O'Neill The Language Instinct 1 1 Steven Pinker Euphemisms 491 ...
... William Lutz With These Words I Can Sell You Anything 1 46 William Lutz Bias-Free Language: Some Guidelines 313 Rosalie Maggio The Language of Advertising 161 Charles A. O'Neill The Language Instinct 1 1 Steven Pinker Euphemisms 491 ...
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... William Lutz Euphemisms 491 High Rawson Euphemisms 491 Hugh Rawson Euphemisms for the Fat of the Land 176 Diane White Euphemisms 491 Hugh Rawson Talking DOWN 502 Nathan Cobb Doubts About Doublespeak 486 William Lutz Talking DOWN 502 ...
... William Lutz Euphemisms 491 High Rawson Euphemisms 491 Hugh Rawson Euphemisms for the Fat of the Land 176 Diane White Euphemisms 491 Hugh Rawson Talking DOWN 502 Nathan Cobb Doubts About Doublespeak 486 William Lutz Talking DOWN 502 ...
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... William Lutz In "Politics and the English Language," George Orwell writes that the "great enemy of clear language is insincerity." To fill the gap "between one's real and one's declared aims," he explains, one simply resorts to inflated ...
... William Lutz In "Politics and the English Language," George Orwell writes that the "great enemy of clear language is insincerity." To fill the gap "between one's real and one's declared aims," he explains, one simply resorts to inflated ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
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