1st Edition
Language – The Loaded Weapon The Use and Abuse of Language Today
By Dwight Bolinger
Copyright 2022
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1980 and now reissued for the first time as a Routledge Linguistics Classic, Language – The Loaded Weapon is at once an introduction to and a critique of everything we know, or think we know, about language.
This classic text explains in simple terms the essentials of linguistic form and meaning, and applies them to illuminate questions touching on issues related to:... Read more
Acknowledgements; Preface; Foreword to the Classic Edition; 1. Lo the shaman 2. The nonverbal womb 3. Signs and symbols 4. Above the word 5. Appointment in Babylon 6. Stigma, status, and standard 7. We reduced the size because we didn’t want to increase the price 8. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people 9. A case in point: sexism 10. Power and deception 11. Another case in point: the jargonauts and the not-so-golden fleece 12. Rival metaphors and the confection of reality 13. A last case in point: bluenoses and coffin nails 14. School for shamans 15. An ecology of language; Notes to chapters; Further reading; Index
Biography
Dwight Bolinger (1907–1992) was Emeritus Professor of Romance Languages and Literature at Harvard University (1973–1992) and Visiting Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, Stanford University (1978–1992).
Dwight Bollinger was the recipient of the George Orwell Award from the National Council of Teachers of English in 1981 for Language -The Loaded Weapon.
