Description
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
Publisher: Ig Publishing
Published: 01/12/2016
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781632460172
ISBN10: 1632460173
BISAC Categories:
- Reference | Dictionaries
- Humor | Topic | Politics
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric