Doublespeak


Definition
Forms
Examples
D-Speak or Not?
Results
Influence
Detection
Ubiquity
Opposition

References
Links
Doublespeak References

Allan, Keith, and Kate Burridge. Euphemism and Dysphemism: Language
Used as Shield and Weapon
. New York: UP, 1991.

Jones, Dan. Technical Writing Style. Boston: Allyn, 1998.

Lutz, William, ed. Beyond Nineteen Eighty-Four: Doublespeak in a
Post-Orwellian Age
. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1989.

Lutz, William. Doublespeak: From "Revenue Enhancement" to
"Terminal Living" How Government, Business, Advertisers,
and Others Use Language to Deceive You
. New York: Harper,
1989.

Lutz, William. The New Doublespeak: Why No One Knows What
Anyone's Saying Anymore
. New York: Harper, 1996.

Marino, Sal. "All's Fair in War and Washington: and in Company Politics."
Industry Week
246.18 (1997): 26.

Rawson, Hugh. A Dictionary of Euphemisms & Other Doubletalk. New
York: Crown, 1981.

"You Are Old, Father William." Economist Ltd. (UK) 27 Jan. 1996: S15.



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