Weasel words

Mario Pei

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Publisher: Harper & Row
Language: English
Published: 1978

Vocabulary
Semantics
Mass media
Advertising
Vocabulaire
Sémantique
Médias
Publicité

Surveys intentionally misleading words and how they are used in radio, TV, advertising, the press and politics, and how they affect the process of language change.

Weasel words

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