Doublespeak is the language of non-responsibility, carefully constructed to appear to communicate when it fact it doesn’t. In this lively and eye-opening expose, originally published in 1989, linguist William Lutz identifies the four most common types of doublespeak–euphemism, jargon, gobbledygook or “bureaucratese,” and inflated language–showing how each is used in business, advertising, medicine, government, and the military. In this seminal book, Lutz articulates that the goal of doublespeak is “to distort reality and corrupt thought.”
Author: William Lutz
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ig Publishing
Published: 01/12/2016
Series: Rebel Reads #1
Pages: 300
Weight: 0.6lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781632460172
Language: English
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