Exploring LanguageGary Goshgarian Now in its tenth edition, this marketleading language reader continues to feature thoughtprovoking readings that explore the various interconnections between language and American society. For over 25 years, this engaging reader has challenged individuals to critically examine how language affects and constructs culture and how culture constructs and affects language. This tenth edition maintains the integrity of past editions, while reflecting the new and fascinating language issues that exist in today's culture. Provocative selections are organized around nine major language areas, and then broken into stimulating sub-themes like political correctness, hate speech, language and the presidency, and censorship on campus, inviting readers to debate current social and cultural issues that are inseparable from language. Individuals interested in studying how language affects and constructs culture and how culture constructs and affects language. |
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... claim whatsoever for this skin cream . If you think this cream will give you soft , smooth , youthful - looking skin ... claim of all , “ Winston tastes good like a cigarette should " ? Ignoring the grammatical error here , you might ...
... claim whatsoever for this skin cream . If you think this cream will give you soft , smooth , youthful - looking skin ... claim of all , “ Winston tastes good like a cigarette should " ? Ignoring the grammatical error here , you might ...
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... claim mean ? Not much , because the store or manufacturer has to reduce the price of only a few items by 50 percent ... claim in advertising . The claim that a bat- tery lasts " up to twice as long " usually doesn't finish the comparison ...
... claim mean ? Not much , because the store or manufacturer has to reduce the price of only a few items by 50 percent ... claim in advertising . The claim that a bat- tery lasts " up to twice as long " usually doesn't finish the comparison ...
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... claims fast relief can show a person with a headache taking the product and then , in what appears to be a matter of minutes , claiming complete relief . This visual image is far more powerful than any claim made in unfinished words ...
... claims fast relief can show a person with a headache taking the product and then , in what appears to be a matter of minutes , claiming complete relief . This visual image is far more powerful than any claim made in unfinished words ...
Contents
Thinking and Reading Critically | 1 |
Breaking Silences | 25 |
Now it is perhaps the greatest language of the world | 41 |
Copyright | |
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