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Xian Chen
Anth/Ling 114
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Due Nov. 5th, 2014
Argument Mapping
The goal of this paper is to present an ‘argument mapping ’ of Jane H. Hill’s article, ‘Language, Race, and White Public Space ’. In order to map the argument, I will do the following four steps. Firstly, I am going to claim the main point of this article.Secondly, I will define all the terms and concepts in the argument article to understand the main thought of the author. Third, I will link these claims and evidence , compared them to the main point that the author gives to support the main idea. Third, I will rewrite the claims in the article to help know the structure in Leap’s article better.I will be arguing that there are five main points:one indirect indexicality explication, one direct indexicality explication, an ideological explanation ,a strategical claim, and a conclusive report.
Hill focus on the linguistic form of Spanish accents and mock Spanish spoken in
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