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Verbal hygiene / Deborah Cameron.
Van Pelt Library P40.5.L354 C36 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cameron, Deborah, 1958-
- Series:
- Politics of language
- The politics of language
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language purism.
- Metalanguage.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 264 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
- Summary:
- "Verbal Hygiene discusses the use and abuse of language and questions what makes it good and bad, or right and wrong. Cameron examines the practices through which people try to both clean up language and regulate its use in attempts to make it functionally, aesthetically and morally "better." "Verbal Hygiene examines a series of case studies with specific examples of practiced verbal hygiene which include the regulation of style by editors; the teaching of English grammar in schools; the movements surrounding so-called politically correct language; and the recent explosion of advice to women on how they can speak more effectively. "Verbal Hygiene calls for legitimate concerns about language and value to be discussed in a rational and critical spirit. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information. Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [248]-254) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0415103541
- 041510355X
- OCLC:
- 31610034
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