Talking power : the politics of language in our lives
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Talking power : the politics of language in our lives
Basic Books, c1990
- pbk
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Bibliography: p. 311-315
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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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.
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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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