Jargon: Its Uses and Abuses (The Language Library)

By Walter Nash

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Part essay, part discursive dictionary, this is an account and critique of the presence of jargon in our culture, speech and literature. It explores the varieties of language coloured by shop-talk, vogue words, 'buzz words', slang, hackneyed phraseology and hard pressed metaphors; the origins of jargon in literary, journalisitc, commercial and technical settings; and changes in useage and attitudes to useage over time. It incorporates a selective and sometimes satirical 'devil's dictionary' of jargon today.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:063118063X

ISBN13:9780631180630

Release Date:December 1993

Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell

Length:224 Pages

Weight:1.01 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"

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Language Arts Reference

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