Talking power : the politics of language

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Talking power : the politics of language

Robin Tolmach Lakoff

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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