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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... images and the bird images? Which set of images is more effective in conveying the speaker's feelings about his daughter? Why? 5. To whom does the title of the poem refer? How do you know? 6. While it is not clear what the daughter is ...
... images and the bird images? Which set of images is more effective in conveying the speaker's feelings about his daughter? Why? 5. To whom does the title of the poem refer? How do you know? 6. While it is not clear what the daughter is ...
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... image to idea. By itself, a picture cannot deal with the unseen, the remote, the internal, the abstract. It does not ... images can present emotions and rudimentary ideas. They can suggest the panorama of nature and the joys and miseries ...
... image to idea. By itself, a picture cannot deal with the unseen, the remote, the internal, the abstract. It does not ... images can present emotions and rudimentary ideas. They can suggest the panorama of nature and the joys and miseries ...
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... images that change. That is why violence and dynamic destruction find their way onto television so often. When something is destroyed violently it is altered in a highly visible way; hence the entrancing power of fire. Fire gives visual ...
... images that change. That is why violence and dynamic destruction find their way onto television so often. When something is destroyed violently it is altered in a highly visible way; hence the entrancing power of fire. Fire gives visual ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
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