ENG122 Dvc Diablo Valley College How to Tame a Wild Tongue Questions
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1. Gloria Anzaldúa’s essay How to Tame a Wild Tongue highlights the various forms of English and Spanish the author is comfortable with. Describe these forms of language and their importance to the author. Why are the author’s views on language so strong? Use at least three examples from the text.
2. John McWhorter’s essay The Cosmopolitan Tongue discusses the disappearance of languages while English continues to spread and grow. Describe McWhorter’s attitude toward this process. Does McWhorter wish to preserve indigenous languages? Defend your response with at least three examples from the text.
3. Dennis Baron’s essay Who Owns Global English? discusses the use of English in non-English speaking societies. Provide two examples that Baron gives that illustrate other countries’ perspective on the spread of English. Describe the debate between “bad” English and “new” English. Use at least three examples from the text.
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