Nonfiction Writing - General & Miscellaneous, English Language Readers, Decision Making & Problem Solving, Reference - General & Miscellaneous, Rhetoric - English Language
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Overview
This book fulfills the promise of its title by revealing the excitement of language study, the constancy of language change, and the impact of language on our everyday lives. Sixty-one reading selections not only provide models and inspiration for writing but also help develop critical reading skills, data analysis, vocabulary enlargement, and facilitates communication. Including visuals, interesting details about language change, and other histories of words. The organization of the book leads the reader from personal, subjective writing to objective and academic writing. Treating current and popular topics, this book addresses all types of reading materials, such as news stories, headlines, letters-to-the-editor, a video script, a sweepstakes offer, cartoons, and road signs through the lens of language. Chapter titles include You and Your Names; Labels of Primary Potency; Language for Fun; and Changing Words in a Changing World. Anyone with an interest in the dynamics of language.Editorials
Booknews
A reader for use in English classes, with essays by well-known authors such as James Baldwin and Amy Tan, as well as essays by new writers on current topics like talk radio and sports mascots. Eleven workshops scattered throughout supply raw material for analyzing the processes through which language changes, with discussion questions and activities. Boxed readings offer word etymologies, linguistic anecdotes, and language facts. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
December 8, 1998
Publisher
Longman
Pages
490
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780205270910