Walter Redfern - The Dead and the Quick - Cliches and Neologisms in the Written,spoken and Visual Cultures of

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Walter Redfern

The Dead and the Quick - Cliches and Neologisms in the Written,spoken and Visual Cultures of

English · Hardback

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Klappentext A study that focuses on the dynamic potentialities of language, whether via the reanimation of moribund ideas or by coinages from scratch. It analyzes such topics as: imitation, rumor, political correctness, jargon, euphemism, plagiarism, stereotyping (racial or otherwise), repetition, and caricature. Zusammenfassung A study that focuses on the dynamic potentialities of language! whether via the reanimation of moribund ideas or by coinages from scratch. It analyzes such topics as: imitation! rumor! political correctness! jargon! euphemism! plagiarism! stereotyping (racial or otherwise)! repetition! and caricature.

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Authors Walter Redfern
Publisher Academica Press, LLC
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 15.09.2009
 
EAN 9781933146768
ISBN 978-1-933146-76-8
No. of pages 324
Subject Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics

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