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Select the excerpt from "Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan that best describes language bias.
1. I've heard other terms used, "limited English," for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people's perceptions of the limited-English speaker.
2. I heard myself saying this: "Not waste money that way." My husband was with us as well, and he didn't notice any switch in my English.
3. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language--the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.
4. And it was perhaps the first time she had heard me give a lengthy speech, using the kind of English I have never used with her.

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The answer that best describes language bias is 1.
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1. I've heard other terms used, "limited English," for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people's perceptions of the limited-English speaker.

Explanation:

This is the answer that best describes language bias. In this excerpt, the author tells us that language that is not considered standard is sometimes called "limited English." She says, however, that "limited" also describes the perception that people have of those who speak in this way. This shows that the author believes people do not take those who speak broken English seriously.

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