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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... social justice, public service, the right to work, loyalty, progress, democracy, the American way, Constitution-defender. These words suggest shining ideals. All persons of good will believe in these ideals. Hence the propagandist, by ...
... social justice, public service, the right to work, loyalty, progress, democracy, the American way, Constitution-defender. These words suggest shining ideals. All persons of good will believe in these ideals. Hence the propagandist, by ...
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... social critic and celebrated poet and playwright. By the mid-1960s he had written several plays including The Swamp Dwellers, The Lion and the Jewel, and The Strong Breed. He is also the author of two novels, three volumes of poetry and ...
... social critic and celebrated poet and playwright. By the mid-1960s he had written several plays including The Swamp Dwellers, The Lion and the Jewel, and The Strong Breed. He is also the author of two novels, three volumes of poetry and ...
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... social and personal issue. Learning to express oneself properly, grammatically, is worth the effort because it not only improves memory and thinking, but it instills pride in expression that could profit careers and social affairs ...
... social and personal issue. Learning to express oneself properly, grammatically, is worth the effort because it not only improves memory and thinking, but it instills pride in expression that could profit careers and social affairs ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
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