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Author : Rosalie Maggio
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Nonsexist Word Finder written by Rosalie Maggio and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1987 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Beverly J. Stratton
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567500152
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (675 download)
Download or read book Out of Eden written by Beverly J. Stratton and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1995-12-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of Eden contributes towards conversations about interpreting scripture. Rather than adopting traditional views (creation and 'fall' or growth), this study integrates literary-critical theories and feminist scholarship to read the Genesis narrative in relation to concerns of contemporary communities. The question of how we might engage the interpretative process and the rhetorical power of texts as we live our lives 'out of Eden' is addressed. Stratton argues that the interpretration of Genesis 2-3 matters, that there are consequences for the actions we take on the basis of our interpretations, and that we should enter the interpretative process only with care.
Author : Diane Ravitch
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1400030641
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Language Police written by Diane Ravitch and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2004-05-11 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’re an actress or a coed just trying to do a man-size job, a yes-man who turns a deaf ear to some sob sister, an heiress aboard her yacht, or a bookworm enjoying a boy’s night out, Diane Ravitch’s internationally acclaimed The Language Police has bad news for you: Erase those words from your vocabulary! Textbook publishers and state education agencies have sought to root out racist, sexist, and elitist language in classroom and library materials. But according to Diane Ravitch, a leading historian of education, what began with the best of intentions has veered toward bizarre extremes. At a time when we celebrate and encourage diversity, young readers are fed bowdlerized texts, devoid of the references that give these works their meaning and vitality. With forceful arguments and sensible solutions for rescuing American education from the pressure groups that have made classrooms bland and uninspiring, The Language Police offers a powerful corrective to a cultural scandal.
Author : Casey Miller
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595159214
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (951 download)
Download or read book The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing written by Casey Miller and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Man, he brotherhood, founding fathers. It is argued that such words are and always have been used by educated people to encompass all humanity—men and women. Psychological and historical research in the past few years has produced evidence to the contrary: for most people “false generics” seldom if ever convey a female image, nor are they ancient unchangeable rules of the English grammar that have always been used by the educated. Using hundreds of examples, mostly from published sources, the authors illustrate what certain words are saying to us on a subliminal level. Solutions are supplied that range from word substitutions to suggestions for rewriting. Without a trace of self-conscious righteousness, and with refreshing humor, Miller and Swift provide surprising insights into the English language and the ways in which people use it and are used by it. They demonstrate that to be in command of the language, we must find clear, convincing, and graceful ways to convey our ideas accurately. We must recognize and replace exclusive, distorting, ambiguous, and injurious words.
Author : Katherine Haramundanis
Publisher : Digital Press
ISBN 13 : 1483184013
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)
Download or read book The Art of Technical Documentation written by Katherine Haramundanis and published by Digital Press. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Technical Documentation presents concepts, techniques, and practices in order to produce effective technical documentation. The book provides the definition of technical documentation; qualities of a good technical documentation; career paths and documentation management styles; precepts of technical documentation; practices for gathering information, understanding what you have gathered, and methods for testing documentation; and considerations of information representation, to provide insights on how different representations affect reader perception of your documents. Technical writers and scientists will find the book a good reference material.
Author : Jo A. Cates
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313058849
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Journalism written by Jo A. Cates and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-05-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalism: A Guide to the Reference Literature is a critically annotated bibliographic guide to print and electronic sources in print and broadcast journalism. The first edition was published in 1990; the second in 1997. It has been described as one of the critical reference sources in journalism today, and it is a key bibliographic guide to the literature. Choice magazine called it a benchmark publication for which there are no comparable sources. The format is similar to the second edition. What makes this edition significantly different is the separation of Commercial Databases and Internet Resources. Commercial Databases includes standard fee-based resources. The new chapter on Internet sources features Web-based resources not included in the commercial databases chapter as well as portals, other online files, listservs, newsgroups, and Web logs/blogs. All chapters have been revised, and there are significant revisions in Directories, Yearbooks, and Collections; Miscellaneous Sources; Core Periodicals; Societies and Associations; and Research Centers and Archives. The second edition has 789 entries. The third edition contains almost 1,000 entries. James Carey of Columbia University, who provided the foreword for the first two editions, has updated his foreword for this edition.
Author : Jeff Jeske
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595313760
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)
Download or read book Storied Words written by Jeff Jeske and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From alphabet to zeugma Storied Words reveals the picturesque stories of 1,000 words that we use to talk about writing. You will learn about: The actual pictures behind our alphabet letters (e.g., "A", the inverted head of an ox; "B," a two-chambered house; "Z," a sword and shield) The surprising common origin of grammar and glamour The literal meanings of our rhetorical devices The "meaningless chatter" in jargon's ancestry The picturesque origins of the words we use to talk about style The "mock song" of parody How and why the librarian of the great ancient library of Alexandria gave us the komma, the kolon, and the periodos Each chapter begins with an introductory essay followed by alphabetized discussions of individual words. Chapter topics include the writer's tools, patterns of arrangement, style, rhetorical choices, grammar, writers in academe, and publishing. Storied Words is chock full of quotations and anecdotes from writers throughout history; it also contains an essay on the history of the English vocabulary.
Author : Andrei Reznikov
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1469715988
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (697 download)
Download or read book George Orwell's Theory of Language written by Andrei Reznikov and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-08-20 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is not a single book that gives a systematic description of George Orwells views on language. Andrei Reznikovs work is the first attempt to fill this gap. Reznikov puts together the pieces of Orwells language puzzle, scattered throughout his essays, diaries, letters, radio talks and fiction, and proposes the Newspeak model as Orwells way to formulate his theory. The theory is then tested with illustrative examples from three languagesmodern English, Nazi German, and Soviet Russian. Finally, the author describes bias-free language as an implementation of Orwells ideas.
Author : Rosalie Maggio
Publisher : Boston : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)
Download or read book The Bias-free Word Finder written by Rosalie Maggio and published by Boston : Beacon Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rosalie Maggio
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504009932
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Unspinning the Spin written by Rosalie Maggio and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Women’s Media Center—founded by Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, and Robin Morgan—presents its first comprehensive guide to using accurate, inclusive, creative, and clear language. At a time when language is too often used to “spin” instead of communicate, Unspinning the Spin: The Women’s Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language was created to help everyone understand and be understood. Unspinning the Spin offers the convenience of a dictionary, the authority of a usage guide, the helpfulness of a thesaurus, and the wit and wisdom of an entertaining and authoritative teacher of the subject. Organized alphabetically for easy use, with cross-references to related words, phrases, and issues, this book goes beyond the scope of the usual reference book. It mines a wide variety of fields to present the background, current uses, accuracy, alternatives, and best practices for choosing and decoding common words and phrases, and offers a trove of suggestions for bias-free language. Unspinning the Spin is a practical, indispensable how-to that is fun to read. It’s invaluable for journalists, bloggers, students, teachers, government officials, and communications professionals, and it will be compelling for any reader who loves the English language. The author, Rosalie Maggio, has been an expert and widely read authority on language for more than 25 years. She is the author of the award-winning Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage and the editor of The New Beacon Book of Quotations by Women. Unspinning the Spin includes a preface by Robin Morgan, feminist activist, former editor-in-chief of Ms., and award-winning author of more than 20 books; and Gloria Steinem, writer, activist, editor, bestselling author, and cofounder of Ms. This book is the first publication of WMC Press, the publishing arm of the Women’s Media Center. “Given the growing awareness of sexism imbedded in our everyday speech, we—and the news media in particular—need alternative language. Unspinning the Spin should be a welcome resource for journalists, and for anyone who works with words, to consult. At last we have a comprehensive, authoritative (and funny!), feminist Fowler’s.” —Suzanne Braun Levine, author, first editor of Ms., and first woman editor of The Columbia Journalism Review “Language is power and debates are won or lost on how the arguments are shaped. Anyone who cares about politics, power, and the histories we make today will find Unspinning the Spin: The Women’s Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language a reference for all seasons.” —Katrina vanden Heuvel, Editor and Publisher of The Nation
Author : William Safire
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780743258128
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (581 download)
Download or read book No Uncertain Terms written by William Safire and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-06-02 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines and provides comments on language trends while tracing the origins of timely words and phrases that discuss such topics as technology, entertainment, and everyday life.
Author : Leigh Stephens Aldrich
Publisher : Pine Forge Press
ISBN 13 : 9780761985136
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (851 download)
Download or read book Covering the Community written by Leigh Stephens Aldrich and published by Pine Forge Press. This book was released on 1999-03-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's reporters need to understand differences and be able to report on diverse individuals and communities accurately and sensitively. This inexpensive and slim pocketbook is the perfect supplement to help your students achieve these crucial contemporary skills.
Author : Michele A. Paludi
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791427729
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (277 download)
Download or read book Exploring/Teaching the Psychology of Women written by Michele A. Paludi and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1996-01-04 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on how to teach the psychology of women course with emphasis on three main themes: critical thinking skills, integration of knowledge, and multiculturalism.
Author : Anne Curzan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139436686
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Gender Shifts in the History of English written by Anne Curzan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-24 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How and why did grammatical gender, found in Old English and in other Germanic languages, gradually disappear from English and get replaced by a system where the gender of nouns and the use of personal pronouns depend on the natural gender of the referent? How is this shift related to 'irregular agreement' (such as she for ships) and 'sexist' language use (such as generic he) in Modern English, and how is the language continuing to evolve in these respects? Anne Curzan's accessibly written and carefully researched study is based on extensive corpus data, and will make a major contribution by providing a historical perspective on these often controversial questions. It will be of interest to researchers and students in history of English, historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, language and gender, and medieval studies.
Author : Michele Antoinette Paludi
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791408292
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Academic and Workplace Sexual Harassment written by Michele Antoinette Paludi and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Provides the results of research and of practical, effective experience in reducing the occurrence of sexual harassment, investigating complaints, and providing counseling and remedies for the victims. In addition, the authors have compiled bibliographies, audio-visual material, and pedagogical techniques for dealing with sexual harassment in the academy and in the workplace. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author : Stephan Gramley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134944276
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)
Download or read book A Survey of Modern English written by Stephan Gramley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-10-04 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Thomas H. Groome
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9781556124082
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Language for a "Catholic" Church written by Thomas H. Groome and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1991 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inclusive language is a concern that resonates deeply with the sense of conversion and welcome to a community that is inclusive. This treatment is sensitive, respectful and is sure to raise consciousness.
