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New Doublespeak : Why No One Knows What Anyone's Saying Anymore by William Lutz (1997, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100060928395

ISBN-139780060928391

eBay Product ID (ePID)19426

Product Key Features

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameNew Doublespeak : Why No One Knows What Anyone's Saying Anymore

SubjectSpeech, Linguistics / General

Publication Year1997

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

AuthorWilliam Lutz

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight6.8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal427

SynopsisDoublespeak is language that is evasive, deceptive, self-contradictory, or misleading. It turns lies told by politicians into strategic misrepresentations or reality augmentation, and ordinary sewage sludge into regulated organic nutrients that doesn't stink but merely exceeds the odor threshold. In this pithy sequel to his bestselling Doublespeak, Lutz exposes the latest prevarications that permeate our public discourse, dissecting how they work, showing how they affect us as individuals and as a nation. Most important, he shows how to demand clear communication, become critical consumers of language, and fight doublespeak in our homes, schools, workplaces, and the political arena., Doublespeak is language that is evasive, deceptive or misleading. Examples: Lies told by politicians are "strategic misrepresentations"; sewage sludge is "regulated organic nutrients" that don't stink but "exceed the odor threshold". In a pithy sequel to his bestselling first DOUBLESPEAK, William Lutz exposes the latest prevarications that permeate our public discourse and shows us how to fight doublespeak in our homes, schools, workplaces, and the political arena.

LC Classification NumberP409