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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Page 123
... Journalists, despite their cherished notions of objectivity, still find themselves constrained to using language. And if general semanticists agree on anything, they agree that language intertwines with the culture and experience of its ...
... Journalists, despite their cherished notions of objectivity, still find themselves constrained to using language. And if general semanticists agree on anything, they agree that language intertwines with the culture and experience of its ...
Page 124
... Journalists use attribution to help news consumers accurately determine on whose authority they say something. Third, who says something may amount to an important story element ... JOURNALISM In general, journalists use 124 COLLECTIVE BIAS.
... Journalists use attribution to help news consumers accurately determine on whose authority they say something. Third, who says something may amount to an important story element ... JOURNALISM In general, journalists use 124 COLLECTIVE BIAS.
Page 127
... journalists should name individuals responsible for reported actions. Thus journalists could more accurately report "Congress" as "235 members of congress," replace the "CIA" with "Susan Smith, spokesperson for the director of the CIA ...
... journalists should name individuals responsible for reported actions. Thus journalists could more accurately report "Congress" as "235 members of congress," replace the "CIA" with "Susan Smith, spokesperson for the director of the CIA ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
Copyright | |
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