Publications

Publication details [#398]

Michaels, Leonard and Christopher Ricks, eds. 1980. The state of the language. University of California Press. xiii + 609 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Articles in this volume

Whitcut, Janet. The language of address. 89–97

Bolinger, Dwight. Fire in a wooden stove: On being aware in language. 379–388

Lundborg, Louis B. The voices of business. 389–395

Johnson, Diane. Doctor talk. 396–399

Levine, David S. My client has discussed your proposal to fill the drainage ditch with his partners: Legal language. 400–409

Pole, J.R. The language of American presidents. 421–431

Powell, J. Enoch. The language of politics. 432–439

Lakoff, Robin Tolmach. When talk is not cheap: Psychotherapy as conversation. 440–448

Lodge, David. Where it's at: California language. 503–513

Donoghue, Denis. Radio talk. 539–552

Reviewed by

Edwards, John. 1991. Review of $The state of the language.

Reprints

Romaine, Suzanne. 1997. Pidgin English Advertising. In Coupland, Nikolas and Adam Jaworski. Sociolinguistics: A Reader and Coursebook. (Modern Linguistics Series). MacMillan. pp. 353–360.