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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... ethnic humor . What role does this type of humor have in our society ? Does it contribute to or diffuse stereotypes and ethnic intolerance ? 3. How would you react if you were in an ethnically mixed gathering of peers and one of them ...
... ethnic humor . What role does this type of humor have in our society ? Does it contribute to or diffuse stereotypes and ethnic intolerance ? 3. How would you react if you were in an ethnically mixed gathering of peers and one of them ...
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... ethnic slurs , and other words meant to inflict emotional injury serve as ugly reminders of our capacity to use language as a weapon to demean and deni- grate others . Born of ignorance , fear , and intolerance , these words that hurt ...
... ethnic slurs , and other words meant to inflict emotional injury serve as ugly reminders of our capacity to use language as a weapon to demean and deni- grate others . Born of ignorance , fear , and intolerance , these words that hurt ...
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... ethnic background ? Is this prejudice linked to her speaking Spanish ? In light of the ways she experiences intolerance and suspicion based on her ethnic heritage , why is it ironic that she bans the Spanish lan- guage from her home ? 2 ...
... ethnic background ? Is this prejudice linked to her speaking Spanish ? In light of the ways she experiences intolerance and suspicion based on her ethnic heritage , why is it ironic that she bans the Spanish lan- guage from her home ? 2 ...
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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