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Beyond Grammar: Language, Power, and the Classroom

Mary R. Harmon, Marilyn J. Wilson

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Contents: Preface. Language Matters: Introduction to Language and Language Study. What We Mean By Knowing a Language and How We Come to Know It. The Power of Words. Hate Language and Bully Language: The Language of Destruction. Language and Gender: The Cart Before the Horse? Dialects: Expression or Suppression? English Language Learners, Bilingualism, and Linguistic Imperialism. Afterword.

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Key concepts: Linguistics, Grammar, Language transfer, Sociology of language, Comprehension approach, Language assessment, First language, Natural language