Language Awareness: Readings for College Writers

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Author: Paul Eschholz

ISBN-10: 0312463162

ISBN-13: 9780312463168

Category: Linguistics & Semiotics

An immediately and universally relevant subject, language is the ideal theme to explore in a composition course. Language Awareness collects contemporary and classic readings about language that not only make students more aware of its uses and more capable of analyzing its effects, but also help them to deploy language more effectively in their own writing.

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An immediately and universally relevant subject, language is the ideal theme to explore in a composition course. Language Awareness collects contemporary and classic readings about language that not only make students more aware of its uses and more capable of analyzing its effects, but also help them to deploy language more effectively in their own writing.

Reading Critically Writing in College and Beyond 1. Coming to an Awareness of Language Discovering Language Malcolm X, Coming to an Awareness of Language Helen Keller, The Day Language Came into My Life David Raymond, On Being 17, Bright, and Unable to Read + Henry Louis Gates Jr., What’s in a Name? + Tom Rosenberg, Changing My Name after Sixty Years Language Matters Robert MacNeil, English Belongs to Everybody ** Stephen Pinker, Words Don’t Mean What They Mean Susanne K. Langer, Language and Thought Paul Roberts, A Brief History of English 2. Writers on Writing Writing in College and Beyond Maxine Hairston, What Happens When People Write? Linda Flower, Writing for an Audience Anne Lamott, Shitty First Drafts Donald M. Murray, The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts ** Gerald Graff, How to Write an Argument Editing: Getting It Right William Zinsser, Simplicity ** Gregory Pence, Let’s Think Outside the Box of Bad Clichés +** Charles R. Lawson, It’s Academic, or Is It? +** Patricia T. O’Connor, Like I Said, Don’t Worry 3. Politics, Propaganda, and Doublespeak Language that Manipulates Donna Woolfolk Cross, Propaganda: How Not to Be Bamboozled George Orwell, Politics and the English Language William Lutz, The World of Doublespeak ** Sissela Bok, The Burden of Deceit in Public Life Making a Difference: Using Language Responsibly Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream Sojourner Truth, And Ain’t I a Woman ** Al Gore, Time to Make Peace with the Planet: 2007 Nobel Prize for Peace Lecture ** Toni Morrison, When Language Dies: 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature Lecture +** Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal +** Stephen Colbert, Higher Education 4. Prejudice, Discrimination, and Stereotypes Where Does Prejudice Come From? ** Andrew Sullivan, What’s So Bad about Hate? Gordon Allport, The Language of Prejudice ** Bob Herbert, Signs of Infection **Alleen Pace Nilsen, Sexism and Language (Updated for this book) Prejudice, Stereotypes and the Minority Experience + Gloria Naylor, The Meanings of a Word +** Andi Zeisler, The B-Word? You Betcha **Gloria Steinem, In Defense of the "Chick Flick" ** Grace Hsiang, "FOBs" vs. "Twinkies": The New Discrimination is Interracial Brent Staples, Black Men and Public Places Audre Lorde, The Fourth of July (From "Cultural Diversity," 9/e) 5. Everyday Conversations Exploring Our Speech Communities ** Paul Roberts, Speech Communities ** Jeffrey Collins and Kristen Wyatt, Whither the Southern Accent? ** Chang-Rae Lee, Mute in an English-Only World ** Daniel Seidel, The Lost Art of the Rant +** Jennifer Lee, I Think, Therefore IM +** Charles McGrath, The Pleasures of the Text Gender and the Words We Use **Deborah Tannen, You’re Wearing That? Exploring the Delicate and Explosive Mother-Daughter Relationship Clive Thompson, He and She: What’s the Real Difference? Martha Irvine, "Queer" Evolution: Word Goes Mainstream +** John McWhorter, Missing the Nose on Our Face +** Audrey Bilger, You Guys 6. Media and Advertising Fake News . . . Real News [OR SOME TITLE LIKE THIS] **Greg Beato, Amusing Ourselves to Depth Newman P. Birk and Genevieve B. Birk, Selection, Slanting, and Charged Language Neil Postman and Steve Powers, Television News: The Language of Pictures +**Andrew Keen, The Cult of the Amateur +**Annalee Newitz, What Happens When Blogs Go Mainstream? Advertising and the Art of Persuasion Bill Bryson, The Hard Sell: Advertising in America William Lutz, Weasel Words: The Art of Saying Nothing at All +**James Twitchell, Lead Us into Temptation +** Jean Kilbourne, Jesus Is a Brand of Jeans ** Naomi Klein, Barricading the Branded Village 7. Language Debate: Should Learning Be Censored? ** Roger Rosenblatt, We Are Free to Be You, Me, Stupid, and Dead ** Irving Kristol, The Case for Censorship ** Stanley Fish, The Free-Speech Follies ** Stuart Taylor Jr., How Campus Censors Squelch Freedom of Speech Diane Ravitch, The Language Police ** Anna Quindlen, With a No. 2 Pencil, Delete: The Destruction of Literature in the Name of Children 8. Language Debate: "Should English Be the Law?" Robert D. King, Should English Be the Law? **Charles Krauthammer, In Plain English: Let’s Make It Official Myriam Marquez, Why and When We Speak Spanish in Public **Leticia Salais, Saying "Adios" to Spanglish Barbara Mellix, From Outside In ** Caroline Hwang, The Good Daughter 9. Language Debate: What’s All the Fuss about Natural, Organic, Local Foods? **Michael Pollan, Putting It Back Together Again: Processed Foods **Barbara Kingsolver, Called Home Sarah Federman, What’s Natural about Our Natural Products? Bonnie Leibman, Claims Crazy: Which Can You Believe? **Field Maloney, Is Whole Foods Wholesome? **Mark Winne, The Poor Get Diabetes, the Rich Get Local and Organic ** new to this edition + paired essays