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Language, the Loaded Weapon (1980)

Language, the Loaded Weapon (1980)

Dwight Bolinger

Year: 1980
Authors: Dwight Bolinger
Publishers: Longman Publishing Group
Pages: 232
Print type: BOOK

Description:

Synthesizing the recent scientific works of linguists and anthropologists with the "doctrine of correctness," the author examines the questions of correctness, truth, social dialects, propaganda, official obfuscation and the use of language by those in power to manipulate those under them.