Where to start? [P]research Qualities of Language

Chapter 9 of Practical Argument provides more pointers and examples on how to synthesize and summarize a source, as we have and will discuss.

Here is one of the first major actions you should undertake in doing this research assignment, once you've chosen your primary source (or if you need a primary source that is an academic source):

1. Search through MC Library databases (I suggest Academic OneFile, Academic Search Complete, and Sage Premier).

• What type of word do you have? Is it a profane or obscene word/phrase? Is your work a workplace language? For instance, search "profanity" or "slur" or "workplace"!!!! 

• Who uses this term? Is it used politically, cross-culturally? Search "political" or "social structure" or...

• What other nouns or adjectives would you use to describe your word/phrase? 

• misogynist, prejudicial, masculinity, gender, blue-collar, media, mainstream, ...