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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... Ethnic awareness is a great thing." And while his own mixture of Italian, German, and French does not mark him as a "what's-happening-now ethnic group," his surname and complexion have led to mistaken identities. As Yemma amusingly ...
... Ethnic awareness is a great thing." And while his own mixture of Italian, German, and French does not mark him as a "what's-happening-now ethnic group," his surname and complexion have led to mistaken identities. As Yemma amusingly ...
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... ethnic groups, often in welcome but sometimes with suspicion. Whether or not you can identify with Mr. Yemma, his own presumed-ethnic experience reflects society's compulsion to pigeonhole people according to ethnicity. John Yemma is a ...
... ethnic groups, often in welcome but sometimes with suspicion. Whether or not you can identify with Mr. Yemma, his own presumed-ethnic experience reflects society's compulsion to pigeonhole people according to ethnicity. John Yemma is a ...
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... ethnicity that their names did not reveal? If so, why? 2. Are you a member of a "major, what's-happening-now ethnic group"? Or (a different question) are you "ethnic"? Why or why not? What features or qualities help you determine the ...
... ethnicity that their names did not reveal? If so, why? 2. Are you a member of a "major, what's-happening-now ethnic group"? Or (a different question) are you "ethnic"? Why or why not? What features or qualities help you determine the ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
Copyright | |
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