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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... woman). To describe a woman as unwomanly is a contradiction in terms; if a woman is doing it, saying it, wearing it, thinking it, it must be — by definition — womanly. 43 F. Scott Fitzgerald did not use "feminine" to describe the ...
... woman). To describe a woman as unwomanly is a contradiction in terms; if a woman is doing it, saying it, wearing it, thinking it, it must be — by definition — womanly. 43 F. Scott Fitzgerald did not use "feminine" to describe the ...
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... woman had sexual connotations, as in "She's his woman," that people began avoiding its use, hence such terminology as ladies' room, lady of the house, and girls' school or school for young ladies. Feminists, who ask that people use the ...
... woman had sexual connotations, as in "She's his woman," that people began avoiding its use, hence such terminology as ladies' room, lady of the house, and girls' school or school for young ladies. Feminists, who ask that people use the ...
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... woman came out through the curtains with two glasses of beer and put them down on the damp felt pads. "The train comes in five minutes," she said. 103 "What did she say?" asked the girl. 104 "That the train comes in five minutes." 105 ...
... woman came out through the curtains with two glasses of beer and put them down on the damp felt pads. "The train comes in five minutes," she said. 103 "What did she say?" asked the girl. 104 "That the train comes in five minutes." 105 ...
Contents
LANGUAGE BASICS AND BEGINNINGS | 2 |
A Brief History of English | 19 |
Homemade Education | 35 |
Copyright | |
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