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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... usage. Not everyone, however, has welcomed the changes. Some, in fact, argue that degenderized English is not only ludicrous but grammatically inexcusable. One such person was Spiro T. Agnew, a former governor of Maryland and U.S. vice ...
... usage. Not everyone, however, has welcomed the changes. Some, in fact, argue that degenderized English is not only ludicrous but grammatically inexcusable. One such person was Spiro T. Agnew, a former governor of Maryland and U.S. vice ...
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... usage get to you? If not, do you think this essay (or others in this collection) have made you more sensitive to language usage? Do you think today's students are concerned much with "language debasement"? Or can they not be bothered ...
... usage get to you? If not, do you think this essay (or others in this collection) have made you more sensitive to language usage? Do you think today's students are concerned much with "language debasement"? Or can they not be bothered ...
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... usage? Do you ever knowingly use ungrammatical expressions, say, for effect or to avoid sounding too awkward or "proper"? 5. Agnew finds nothing "more sophomoric than the insistence of eliminating words like 'mankind' or any other use ...
... usage? Do you ever knowingly use ungrammatical expressions, say, for effect or to avoid sounding too awkward or "proper"? 5. Agnew finds nothing "more sophomoric than the insistence of eliminating words like 'mankind' or any other use ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
Copyright | |
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