Language - The Loaded Weapon: The Use and Abuse of Language Today
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Book Overview
Today there is a reawakening interest in how language affects our lives. It comes with every threat to our safety and every promise of better times. It is a burning issue among minorities and a running debate between the attackers and defenders of our schools. Our deepest problems all are entangled with it: What shall be the official speech of emerging nations like Zambia and the Philippines, or even in certain areas of established ones like Belgium...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0582291089
ISBN13:9780582291089
Release Date:October 1980
Publisher:Routledge
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.66 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"
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powerful resource for examining social aspects of language
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Best resource I've yet seen for an exposition of how our use of language helps to shape our reality. Provides first-rate analysis of linguistic conventions along with numerous examples to illustrate points.
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