Exploring Language

ISBN-13: 9780321965257 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 512 str.

Gary J. Goshgarian

Opis

This market-leading language reader features thought-provoking readings that explore the various interconnections between language and American society. For more than 25 years, this engaging reader has challenged students to critically examine how language affects and constructs culture and how culture constructs and affects language. This thirteenth 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 topics, and then broken into stimulating sub-themes like the connections between gender and language differences, hate speech, the language of war, and censorship on campus, inviting students to debate current social and cultural issues that are inseparable from language. "

Spis treści

 

*Chapter 1: Critical Thinking and Reading                      

What Is Critical Thinking?

Why Read Critically?

How to Read Critically

Logical Fallacies What They Are and How to Avoid Them

Exploring the Language of Visual Arguments

Analyzing Visual Arguments                               

                                               

*Chapter 2: Critical Writing

Finding Topics to Write About

The General Audience

The Writing Process

Developing Your Ideas

Why Essays Need Supporting Evidence

Forms of Evidence

Some Tips About Supporting Evidence

Structuring Your Essay

 

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*Chapter 3: Researching Your Papers

Sources of Information

Locating Sources

Evaluating Sources

Drafting Your Paper

Revising and Editing Your Paper

Plagiarism

 

*Chapter 4 Documentation Guide

Where Does the Documentation Go

Documentation Style

A Brief Guide to MLA and APA Style

Sample Student Research Paper

 

Chapter 5: The Evolution of Language: Learning to Communicate 

 From Hand to Mouth, Michael C. Corballis                                               

Language and Thought, Susanne K. Langer

Horton Heared A Who!, Steven Pinker

*Bilingual Mind: Understanding How the Brain Speaks Two Languages, Jeffrey Kluger

*Visual: Four Letter Words

Chunking, Ben Zimmer                                            

Another Language for the Deaf, Margalit Fox                   &nbs