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The Dead and the Quick: Cliches and Neologisms in the Written, Spoken and Visual Cultures of Britain, the United States and France Walter Redfern New Ed. edition
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The Dead and the Quick: Cliches and Neologisms in the Written, Spoken and Visual Cultures of Britain, the United States and France
Walter Redfern
A study that focuses on the dynamic potentialities of language, whether via the reanimation of moribund ideas or by coinages from scratch. It analyzes such topics as: imitation, rumor, political correctness, jargon, euphemism, plagiarism, stereotyping (racial or otherwise), repetition, and caricature.
324 pages, index, bibliography, b/w illustration & graphs
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 15, 2009 |
| Original release date | 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9781933146768 |
| Publishers | Academica Press |
| Pages | 324 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 519 g (Weight (estimated)) |
