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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... paragraph differ — what kinds of writing does each illustrate? How does this indented passage differ from the three long quoted passages Pinker uses later? 2. Why does Pinker provide examples in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the ways that human ...
... paragraph differ — what kinds of writing does each illustrate? How does this indented passage differ from the three long quoted passages Pinker uses later? 2. Why does Pinker provide examples in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the ways that human ...
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... paragraph 4 that there are two myths about women; then in paragraph 16 she adds a third myth — that women working outside of the home creates social chaos. What is the relationship of the third myth to the other two? Do yon think this ...
... paragraph 4 that there are two myths about women; then in paragraph 16 she adds a third myth — that women working outside of the home creates social chaos. What is the relationship of the third myth to the other two? Do yon think this ...
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... paragraphs 7-10? How does she judge the physicist's response to what he said and how people responded? 4. Cohn states in paragraph 13 that "gender discourse informs and shapes nuclear and national security discourse." How does it do ...
... paragraphs 7-10? How does she judge the physicist's response to what he said and how people responded? 4. Cohn states in paragraph 13 that "gender discourse informs and shapes nuclear and national security discourse." How does it do ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
Copyright | |
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