Talking power : the politics of language
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Talking power : the politics of language
Basic Books, c1990
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. [311]-315
Includes index
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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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