From technobabble to weasel words ，from language acquisition to language extinction， this collection of provocative selections explores language issues of current and enduring interest. Essays， poems， advertisements. and speeches provide a rich variety of genres and topics， all chosen to help students appreciate the power of language and become more confident.skilled writers. New to the Fifth Edition. New chapter on Technology and Langguage includes Nathan Cobb on gender wars in cyberspace and Ellen Ullman on her belief that computers have edistorted our opportunities for human relationships. Twenty-seven of the fifty-three readings are new to this edition， including essays by David Frum， Geneva Smithernan， Neil Postman， Rose Del Castilo Guilbault， and Ellen Goodman. New appendix on Writing and Documenting Sources provides students with a useful and handy reference.
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Chapter Six The Language of Politics and Advertising The Rhetoric of Democracy Daniel Boorstin Empty Eggs: The Doublespeak of Weasel Words William Lutz Things Go Better with Quark Chris Reidy Three Advertisements for Analysis Unprotected Sex Talk Ellen Goodman Types of Propaganda Institute for Propaganda Analysis next to of course god america i E. E. Cummings Two Presidential Speeches John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan Additional Assignments and Research Topics Chapter Seven Technology and Language Flame Throwers Doug Stewart Gender Wars in Cyberspace! Nathan Cobb Getting Close to the Machine Ellen Ullman C'' est What John Yemma Techniques of Coinage John A. Barry Additional Assignments and Research Topics Chapter Eight Writers and the Writing Process Freewriting Chris Anderson from Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Anne Lamott Holding Your Reader Maxine C. Hairston Writing Is Rewriting Donald M. Murray Concision Joseph M. Williams Computers and Writing Sharon Cogdill Additional Assignments and Research Topics Chapter Three Right Words, Wrong Words, My Words Order Out of Chaos Bill Bryson A Rarity: Grammar Lessons from Dad Robert Klose Four-Letter Words Can Hurt You Barbara Lawrence Goodbye to All T__t! Wallace Stegner The E Word Cullen Murphy Words with Attitude GeraM Parshall English Belongs to Everybody Robert MacNeil Additional Assignments and Research Topics Chapter Four Language Development: Personal and Social Everything Had a Name Helen Keller Baby Bom Talking--Describes Heaven Steven Pinker The Word Weavers/The World Makers Neil Postman A Brief History of English Paul Roberts Old World, New World Bill Bryson Yadda, Yadda, Yadda Leslie Saran The Story of Writing C.M. Millward Additional Assignments and Research Topics Chapter Five Language and Cultural Diversity Vanishing Languages David Crystal Should English Be the Law Robert D. King Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood Richard Rodriguez Americanization Is Tough on Macho Rose Del Castillo Guilbault Names in the Melting Pot Justin Kaplan and Anne Bernays Learning English Good Tara Elyssa Additional Assignments and Research Topics Appendix Writing and Documenting: A Brief Guide I. Essay Writing and Revising Revision Checklist A Sample Student Essay II. The Documented Essay Revision Checklist Typical Works Cited Entries A Sample Documented Essay Glossary of Rhetorical and Linguistic Terms Credits Index 文庫索引
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