An edition of The language war (2000)

Language War

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Language War
Robin Tolmach Lakoff, Robin To ...
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An edition of The language war (2000)

Language War

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"Lakoff shows that the struggle for power and status at the end of the century is being played out as a war over language. Controlling language is a basis for all power, she says, and therefore, it's worth fighting for.

As a result, newly emergent groups, especially blacks and women, are contending with middle-to-upper-class white men for a share in "language rights." Lakoff's introduction to linguistic theories and the philosophy of language lays the groundwork for an exploration of news stories that meet what she calls the UAT (Undue Attention Test). As the stories became the subject of talk-show debates, late-night comedy routines, Web sites, and magazine articles, they were embroidered with additional meanings, depending on who was telling the story. Race, gender, or both are at the heart of these stories, and each one is about the right to construct meanings from language - in short, to possess power.

Because language tells us how we're connected to one another, who has power and who doesn't, the stories reflect the language war."--BOOK JACKET.

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Language War
2001, University of California Press
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Language War
2000, University of California Press
in English
Cover of: The language war
The language war
2000, University of California Press
in English
Cover of: Language War
Language War
2000, University of California Press
in English
Cover of: Language War
Language War
2000, University of California Press
in English

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P40.45.U5 L35 2000

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OL28949578M
ISBN 13
9780520232075

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