power over others; this brings about a moral obligation to use the power given correctly‚ as well as an opportunity to help others in many different ways. Malcolm X’s autobiographical essay‚ “Coming to and Awareness of Language”‚ William Lutz’s “Doublespeak”‚ and Gloria Naylor’s “Meanings of a Word” are all on the subject of language and power and how that power can be used. They all talk about context‚ all use personal examples‚ all are trying to teach or inform‚ and all only use their own personal
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“The word style is originally derived from the Latin word ‘stylus’ which meant a short stick sharp at one end and flat at the other used by the Romans for writing on wax tablets”(Galperin 11). Nowadays the word “stylus” according to Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary means “a special pen used to write a text or draw an image on a special computer screen.” We clearly see that the meaning of the word style has been changed greatly. According to Longman dictionary “style is a particular
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correctness‚ doublespeak. 4 CONTENTS 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………… 6 2. Formation of euphemisms……………………………………… 8 3. Why we need to euphemize…………………………….……. 9 3.1 A euphemizing instinct……………………………………… 9 3.2 The euphemism treadmill………………………………. 10 3.3 Motives for euphemizing………………………………… 12 4. Most commonly euphemized topics……………………… 15 4.1 Religious terms ………………………………………………. 15 4.2 Death and illness…………………………………………….. 15 4.3 Sex………………………………………………………………….. 18 5. Doublespeak: The dark
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Euphemisms 1. Passed away instead of died 2. Pregnancy termination instead of abortion 3. On the streets instead of homeless 4. Adult entertainment instead of pornography 5. Au natural instead of naked 6. Comfort woman instead of prostitute 7. Sanitation engineer instead of garbage man 8. Domestic engineer instead of maid 9. Batting for the other side instead of homosexual 10. Blow chunks instead of vomited Jargons 1. Agonal - Term to signify a major‚ negative change in a patient’s
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“With These Words I Can Sell You Anything” is an article written by William Lutz‚ explaining the tactics of marketers to sell their products. It is an excerpt from his book Doublespeak‚ published in 1990. William Lutz has been called “the George Orwell of the 1990s”‚ and indeed many of his books are titled in direct reference to Orwell’s works. Lutz claims in his article that there’s a big conspiracy where the people trying to sell us things are giving us ineffective products disguised as something
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Doublespeak and Propoganda Doublespeak is a part of everyday life. Turning on the television‚ commercials and advertisements bombard households with doublespeak. Advertisers use doublespeak in the way of euphemisms‚ color‚ bold words‚ jargon‚ gobbledygook and inflated language. Doublespeak is a non-stop flow of phrases to manipulate consumer’s basic emotions and get certain reactions. For example‚ oxiclean advertisements use a form of propaganda called “weasel words”; phrases like “new and
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Tricks in Nutrisystem: Doublespeak Societies are ever-changing and influence on this shift come from all directions. Regular people‚ media‚ and even government officials try to make an impact on culture. One of the ways people effect societies is through doublespeak. Advertisements‚ campaigns‚ and commercials use this approach to mislead consumers. Though many linguists have tried to define doublespeak‚ William Lutz provides a simple interpretation in his book Doublespeak: Doublespeak is language that
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1. What is doublespeak and how may it be used to cloud our thinking? How does doublespeak stop short of lying? According to Professor Lutz‚ how are words used to manipulate reality? The presenter suggests in closing that doublespeak while it can be harmless and amusing at times‚ can threaten our basic democratic selves. What do you think? Why? 2.After identifying the word or phrase selected from your preliminary research of current events and explaining the event or issue to which it is related‚
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English 11 Summary: Fourteen Years of Doublespeak In the article‚ the author describes the Committee on Public Doublespeak as a group that tries to change the people’s judgments through working with the government and others who have great influence on the public. They do so by creating the Doublespeak Award‚ Orwell Award‚ and most importantly through Quarterly Review of Doublespeak‚ which is a newsletter that carries tons of examples of doublespeak from areas like education to government.
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(Angelou‚ M.) and the oppression in “Life Under the Chief Doublespeak officer” (Lutz‚ W.) which he shows with the firing of people. Oppression whether by a slaves masters or by the leaders of major corporations‚
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