Talking power : the politics of language in our lives

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Talking power : the politics of language in our lives

Robin Tolmach Lakoff

Basic Books, c1990

  • pbk

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Bibliography: p. 311-315

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780465083589

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: The politics of language. Part 1 The politics of everyday language: language, politics and power
  • talking about language
  • talking politics. Part 2 Language and institutions: the talking cure
  • life and language in court
  • we, the jury
  • therapy and the law - blurring the lines
  • the grooves of academe. Part 3 Language across cultures: you say Tomayto, I say Tomahto
  • we first
  • why can't a woman be less like a man?
  • "De Amicitiis Faciendis et Hominibus Movendis"
  • or, how to make friends and influence people
  • winning hearts and minds - pragmatic homonymy and beyond. Part 4 The language of power: projecting an image - Ronald Reagan and George Bush
  • language bosses.
Volume

pbk ISBN 9780465083596

Description

Why is unintelligibility so valued in academia? How can a joke that's funny in one culture be an insult in another? In this book, a linguist answers these and other questions, revealing the ways in which what we say and how we say it help us to accomplish our aims.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA11502784
  • ISBN
    • 0465083587
    • 0465083595
  • LCCN
    90080247
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    [New York]
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 324 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Classification
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