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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... joke" allowed him to express in an acceptable way the unacceptable view that millions of human beings — Russian children, women and men — ought to be killed and their nation destroyed. The metaphors and jokes permit the speaker to imply ...
... joke" allowed him to express in an acceptable way the unacceptable view that millions of human beings — Russian children, women and men — ought to be killed and their nation destroyed. The metaphors and jokes permit the speaker to imply ...
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... jokes or more precisely, jokes about Jews. One of the more bizarre aspects of Nazi propaganda was its utilization of toys, games, and jokes. German children played with "Jews Get Out," a board game produced by Fabricus Co., and their ...
... jokes or more precisely, jokes about Jews. One of the more bizarre aspects of Nazi propaganda was its utilization of toys, games, and jokes. German children played with "Jews Get Out," a board game produced by Fabricus Co., and their ...
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... jokes, right? Professor Harvey Mindess, who organized the International Conference on Human at Antioch College, suggested that jokes are good, that laughter "lets out a little of the devil inside all of us." What about the great big ...
... jokes, right? Professor Harvey Mindess, who organized the International Conference on Human at Antioch College, suggested that jokes are good, that laughter "lets out a little of the devil inside all of us." What about the great big ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
Copyright | |
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