At War with Words |
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| Editor:
| Dedaic, Mirjana N.
Nelson, Daniel N. |
| Series title: | Language, Power and Social Process [Lpsp] Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-180278-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2003 |
| Publisher: | Mouton De Gruyter
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| Book Format: | Mixed media product |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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As we enter a new era of global conflict involving non-state actors, At War with Words offers a provocative perspective on the role of language in the genesis, conduct and consequence of mass violence. Internationally known contributors provide original data and new insights that illuminate roles of text and talk in creating identities of enemies, justifications for violence, and accompanying propaganda. Incorporating contexts from around the world, this collection's topics range from...
More DescriptionAs we enter a new era of global conflict involving non-state actors, At War with Words offers a provocative perspective on the role of language in the genesis, conduct and consequence of mass violence. Internationally known contributors provide original data and new insights that illuminate roles of text and talk in creating identities of enemies, justifications for violence, and accompanying propaganda. Incorporating contexts from around the world, this collection's topics range from a radio talk show host's inflammatory rhetoric to the semantic poverty of the lexicon of mass destruction. Edited by a sociolinguist and a political scientist, At War with Words includes chapters by Michael Billig, Paul Chilton, Ruth Wodak and a dozen other prominent linguists and communications scholars.