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Unspeak - Steven Poole
Unspeak
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3.00 10
Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780316731003 (0316731005)
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Pages no: 281
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction, Humanities, Language, War, Culture, Politics, Sociology, Psychology, Society
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Wyvernfriend Reads
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3.0 Unspeak
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Oh man is Steven Poole angry, he's angry at people for not asking questions, angry at politicians in masking horrors under gentle words and he's angry that he's largely impotent to change these things. A book to be followed by something light and fluffy, if you read anything more you might be persu...
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halfmanhalfbook
halfmanhalfbook rated it
4.0 Unspeak: How Words Become Weapons, How Weapons Become a Message, and How That Message Becomes Reality
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Interesting book about political double speak
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Cecily's book reviews
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How clever choice of words can become subliminal propaganda. For example, it charts the deliberate switch to "climate change", because it sounds less alarming than "global warming"; talks about the use of "pro life" rather than "anti abortion", as no one wants to claim to be anti-life; using "intell...
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Unspeak: How Words Become Weapons, How Weapons Become a Message, and How That Message Becomes Reality - Steven Poole
Unspeak - Steven Poole
Unspeak: How Words Become Weapons, How Weapons Become a Message, and How That Message Becomes Reality - Steven Poole
Unspeak: How Words Become Weapons, How Weapons Become a Message, and How That Message Becomes Reality - Steven Poole
Unspeak: How Words Become Weapons, How Weapons Become a Message, and How That Message Becomes Reality - Steven Poole
Unspeak: How Words Become Weapons, How Weapons Become a Message, and How That Message Becomes Reality - Steven Poole
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