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How to Be Good With Words - Couverture souple

LePan, Don; Buzzard, Laura; Okun, Maureen

 
9781554813254: How to Be Good With Words
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1554813255 ISBN 13 : 9781554813254
Editeur : Broadview Press Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

In recent decades, the contested areas of English usage have grown both larger and more numerous. English speakers argue about whether we should say man or humanity, fisher or fisherman; whether we ought to speak of people as being disabled, or challenged, or differently abled; whether it is acceptable to say that’s so gay. More generally, we ask, can we use language in ways that avoid giving expression to prejudices embedded within it? Can the words we use help us point a way towards a better world? Can we ask such questions with appropriate seriousness while remaining open-minded—and while retaining our sense of humor? To all these questions this concise and user-friendly guide answers yes, while offering clear-headed discussions of many of the key issues.

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À propos de l'auteur

Don LePan is a co-author of The Broadview Guide to Writing (sixth edition 2017) and of The Broadview Pocket Glossary of Literary Terms (2014); his second novel, Rising Stories, was published in 2015.

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Éditeur
Broadview Press Ltd
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1554813255
ISBN 13 
9781554813254
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
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Personne responsable
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