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Language - The Loaded Weapon: The Use and Abuse of Language Today

Language - The Loaded Weapon: The Use and Abuse of Language Today

by Bolinger, Dwight
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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.

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BrandRoutledge
Pub dateSep 28, 2021
ISBN-101032048956
ISBN-139781032048956
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions9.21 × 0.63 × 6.14 in
Weight1 lb
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