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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Gary Goshgarian. tion, while he seems as contented as the cat who swallowed the cream. We later learn that Jim called the program and offered to appear with his two girlfriends, ostensibly to resolve their predicament. Jane Whitney's ...
Gary Goshgarian. tion, while he seems as contented as the cat who swallowed the cream. We later learn that Jim called the program and offered to appear with his two girlfriends, ostensibly to resolve their predicament. Jane Whitney's ...
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... tion — a method of textual analysis that focuses on language and linguistic pyrotechnics — which has become firmly established on university campuses. 19 In both cases, attention is focused on surfaces, on MICHIKO KAKUTANI 327.
... tion — a method of textual analysis that focuses on language and linguistic pyrotechnics — which has become firmly established on university campuses. 19 In both cases, attention is focused on surfaces, on MICHIKO KAKUTANI 327.
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... tion." 29 If we like them because of the way they are said, we remember them because they are our mental souvenirs, and we hang on to them for the same reason the Smithsonian hangs on to Archie Bunker's chair, the Fonzs jacket, and ...
... tion." 29 If we like them because of the way they are said, we remember them because they are our mental souvenirs, and we hang on to them for the same reason the Smithsonian hangs on to Archie Bunker's chair, the Fonzs jacket, and ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
Copyright | |
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