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 67
... reader, hacking his way through aii the verbiage, simply doesn't ft _ ^ know what Uliti Wilier means. Perhaps a sentence has been so shoddily constructed that the reader could read it in any of , ui Llllee dilfu.iot*t ways . Hey Lhiiika ...
... reader, hacking his way through aii the verbiage, simply doesn't ft _ ^ know what Uliti Wilier means. Perhaps a sentence has been so shoddily constructed that the reader could read it in any of , ui Llllee dilfu.iot*t ways . Hey Lhiiika ...
Page 69
... reader will be lost, and there's no sin so grave, for the reader will not easily be lured back. Who is this elusive creature, the reader? The reader is someone with an attention span of about sixty seconds — a person assailed by forces ...
... reader will be lost, and there's no sin so grave, for the reader will not easily be lured back. Who is this elusive creature, the reader? The reader is someone with an attention span of about sixty seconds — a person assailed by forces ...
Page 88
... reader toward meaning. is Writers reading their own drafts are aware of audience. They put themselves in the reader's situation and make sure that they deliver information which a reader wants to know or needs to know in a manner which ...
... reader toward meaning. is Writers reading their own drafts are aware of audience. They put themselves in the reader's situation and make sure that they deliver information which a reader wants to know or needs to know in a manner which ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
Copyright | |
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