Thursday, December 8, 2011
quickpost 12/8
Tan's "Mothers Tongue" is an argument because she is "arguing" that it is a different language, or different form of a language. The language being english. She argues this by showing the effects that the way her mother speaks had on her everyday life. One example was when her mom was at the doctor for results from a CAT scan and they had lost the scan. The doctors were going to make her come back later for another and schedule a later appointment. But when she made the doctor call her daughter who spoke clear english the doctor was more willing to work with the mom.
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I think this is a good point made towards how the piece is an arguement. This exmaple argues that english-speaking with native english speakers is more effective and whether or not it is intentional, a certain bias is given over those who do not speak fluent english.
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