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Publication details [#18003]

Cameron, Deborah. 1995. Verbal hygiene. (The Politics of language). Routledge. xvi + 264 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Person as a subject

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.

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