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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... speaker to be? 2. In the first three stanzas, what images of ships and sailing does the speaker use? How do these images reflect the daughter's struggle to find her place in the world? 3. What memory does the speaker recall about a bird ...
... speaker to be? 2. In the first three stanzas, what images of ships and sailing does the speaker use? How do these images reflect the daughter's struggle to find her place in the world? 3. What memory does the speaker recall about a bird ...
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... speaker use these implications to make himself look like a good choice for voters? 2. Why does the discussion of character and family values fall between the speaker's discussion of crime and taxes? How does it work to defuse possible ...
... speaker use these implications to make himself look like a good choice for voters? 2. Why does the discussion of character and family values fall between the speaker's discussion of crime and taxes? How does it work to defuse possible ...
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... speaker ask? To whom or what does he refer each time he uses the pronoun "you"? What does he seem to be asking the instructor, whom he knows will be reading this essay very soon? 4. When does the speaker first mention racial difference ...
... speaker ask? To whom or what does he refer each time he uses the pronoun "you"? What does he seem to be asking the instructor, whom he knows will be reading this essay very soon? 4. When does the speaker first mention racial difference ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
Copyright | |
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