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UNINA9910779041503321 |
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Autore |
Cameron Deborah <1958-, > |
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Titolo |
Verbal hygiene / / Deborah Cameron |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-34208-7 |
0-203-12389-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (326 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge linguistics classics |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Language purism |
Metalanguage |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Verbal Hygiene; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgentents; 1. On verbal hygiene; 2. Restrictive practices: the politics of style; 3. Dr Syntax and Mrs Grundy: the great grammar crusade; 4. Civility and its discontents: language and 'political correctness'; 5. The new Pygmalion: verbal hygiene for women; 6. On the state of the state of the language; Afterword; Notes; References; Name index; Subject index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<P>This reissue will include a new foreword and an afterword which will address the original need for the book and developments which have occurred since publishing the book. </P> |
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