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Publication details [#1590]
Bolinger, Dwight. 1980. Language - The loaded weapon: The use and abuse of language today. Longman. ix + 214 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Annotation
A plea for uniting professional linguists and 'verbal shamans' (those who are generally called upon when language causes trouble) to confront the communicative problems caused by the misuse and abuse of language. He studies communicative deception (political and non-political), linguistic sexism, jargon, and propaganda (commercial and non-commercial).