Exploring LanguageGary Goshgarian |
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... linguistic form to achieve political ends , to create or reinforce a power imbalance that would , in turn , lead to further advantages . The linguis- tic politician may have worked the other into a position of responsibility for a past ...
... linguistic form to achieve political ends , to create or reinforce a power imbalance that would , in turn , lead to further advantages . The linguis- tic politician may have worked the other into a position of responsibility for a past ...
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... linguistic framework that has been the dialect of their nurture , childhood , identity , and style . Hence , even when there is no com- pelling social pressure to use Black English , there may be an inner compul- sion to " talk black ...
... linguistic framework that has been the dialect of their nurture , childhood , identity , and style . Hence , even when there is no com- pelling social pressure to use Black English , there may be an inner compul- sion to " talk black ...
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... linguistically arid . For consider that what some people are pleased to call linguistic evolution was almost always a matter of ignorance prevailing over knowledge . There is no valid reason , for example , for the word nice to have ...
... linguistically arid . For consider that what some people are pleased to call linguistic evolution was almost always a matter of ignorance prevailing over knowledge . There is no valid reason , for example , for the word nice to have ...
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Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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