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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... doublespeak to push their products. There are all kinds of elixirs, additives, scientific potions, and mysterious ... DOUBLESPEAK QUICK QUIZ 46 Now it's time to test your awareness of advertising doublespeak. (You didn't think I would ...
... doublespeak to push their products. There are all kinds of elixirs, additives, scientific potions, and mysterious ... DOUBLESPEAK QUICK QUIZ 46 Now it's time to test your awareness of advertising doublespeak. (You didn't think I would ...
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... Doublespeak is not the product of careless language or sloppy thinking. Quite the opposite. Doublespeak is language carefully designed and constructed to appear to communicate when in fact it doesn't. It is language designed not to lead ...
... Doublespeak is not the product of careless language or sloppy thinking. Quite the opposite. Doublespeak is language carefully designed and constructed to appear to communicate when in fact it doesn't. It is language designed not to lead ...
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... doublespeak had an impact on your life? Write a personal narrative reflecting on the effect, positive or negative, that doublespeak has had in your experience. You might consider having been swayed by advertising or political jargon. 3 ...
... doublespeak had an impact on your life? Write a personal narrative reflecting on the effect, positive or negative, that doublespeak has had in your experience. You might consider having been swayed by advertising or political jargon. 3 ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
Copyright | |
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