Doublespeak

Binding: QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
YearMonthDay of Publication: 20160112
Standardized Book Category: Dictionaries
Language: English
Page Count: 00300
Large Print? : N

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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."