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Verbal Hygiene (Paperback, Revised)
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Verbal Hygiene (Paperback, Revised)
Series: Routledge Linguistics Classics
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In Verbal Hygiene, Deborah Cameron takes a serious look at popular
attitudes towards language and examines the practices by which
people attempt to regulate its use. Instead of dismissing the
practice of 'verbal hygiene', as a misguided and pernicious
exercise, she argues that popular discourse about language values -
good and bad, right and wrong - serves an important function for
those engaged in it. A series of case studies deal with specific
examples of verbal hygiene: the regulation of 'style' by editors,
the teaching of English grammar in schools, the movements for and
against so-called 'politically correct' language and the advice
given to women on how they can speak more effectively. This
Routledge Linguistics Classic includes a new foreword which looks
at how the issues covered in the case studies have developed over
time and a new afterword which discusses new concerns which have
emerged in the last 15 years, from the regimentation of language in
the workplace to panics about immigration and terrorism, which are
expressed in linguistic terms. Addressed to linguists, to
professional language-users of all kinds, and to anyone interested
in language and culture, Verbal Hygiene calls for legitimate
concerns about language and value to be discussed, by experts and
lay-speakers alike, in a rational and critical spirit.
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