Language - The Loaded Weapon
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Language - The Loaded Weapon by D Bolinger
Language – The Loaded Weapon offers a glimpse of what the recent study of language is beginning to tell us about these things. It explains in simple terms the essentials of linguistic form and meaning, and applies them to illuminate questions of correctness, truth, class and dialect, manipulation through advertising and propaganda, sexual and other discrimination, official obfuscation and the maintenance of power, and – most pervasive of all – language as the vital agent with which we build our worlds. Explaining language has been Dwight Bolinger’s life work, and as his invigorating new book amply shows he believes that what is true and important can also be made clear and pleasurable
Dwight Bolinger is Professor Emeritus of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780582291089 |
| ISBN 10 | 0582291089 |
| Title | Language - The Loaded Weapon |
| Author | D Bolinger |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1980-10-13 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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