Publications

Publication details [#18003]

Cameron, Deborah. 1995. Verbal hygiene. (The Politics of language). Routledge. xvi + 264 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

gender | ideology | language attitude | media language | political correctness

Person as a subject

Tannen, D.

Annotation

This book, distinguishing verbal hygiene (what language stands for) from prescriptivism, treats different aspects of the hygiene enterprise, ranging from editorial practices of newspapers to the efforts undertaken to reform so-called sexist language.

Reviewed by

Milroy, James. 1997. Review of $Verbal hygiene.

Claes, Marie-Thérèse. 1997. Review of $Verbal hygiene.

Chamberlain, Jeffrey T. 1996. Review of $Verbal hygiene.

Romaine, Suzanne. 1997. Review of $Verbal hygiene.

Tracy, Karen. 1996. Review of $Verbal hygiene.