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Verbal Hygeine by Deborah Cameron | Politics of Language, Linguistics | VGC
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- Condition
- Very good
- Seller notes
- “Very good clean condition. Previous owner's name written neatly inside front cover.”
- Book Title
- VE RBAL HYGIENE
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults
- Subject
- WORDS
- ISBN
- 9780415103558
- Publication Year
- 1995
- Type
- Study Guide
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Subject Area
- Religious Sociology
- Publication Name
- Verbal Hygiene
- Item Height
- 234 mm
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Item Weight
- 431 g
- Item Width
- 156 mm
- Number of Pages
- 284 Pages
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In this book Deborah Cameron takes a serious look at popular attitudes towards language and examines the practices by which people attempt to regulate its use. Instead of dismissing the practice of 'verbal hygiene', as a misguided and pernicious exercise, however, she argues that popular discourse about language values; good and bad, right and wrong, serves an important function for those engaged in it. A series of case-studies deal with specific examples of verbal hygiene: the regulation of 'style' by editors, the teaching of English grammar in schools, the movements for and against so-called 'politically-correct' language and the recent explosion of advice to women on how they can speak more effectively. In each case she argues that verbal hygiene provides a way of making sense of linguistic phenomena, and that it represents a symbolic attempt to impose order on the social world. Addressed to linguistics, professional language-users of all kinds, and to anyone interested in language and culture, Verbal Hygiene, calls for legitimate concerns about language and value to be discussed, by experts and lay-speakers alike, in a rational and critical spirit.
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415103558
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96838586
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
284 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Verbal Hygiene
Publication Year
1995
Type
Study Guide
Subject Area
Religious Sociology
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
234 mm
Item Weight
431 g
Item Width
156 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Series Title
The Politics of Language
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