How to Be Good with Words (Paperback)

Don LePan

ISBN 10: 1554813255 / ISBN 13: 9781554813254

Published by Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2017

About this Item

Paperback. In recent decades, the contested areas of English usage have grown both larger and more numerous. English speakers argue about whether we should say man or humanity, fisher or fisherman; whether we ought to speak of people as being disabled, or challenged, or differently abled; whether it is acceptable to say thats so gay. More generally, we ask, can we use language in ways that avoid giving expression to prejudices embedded within it? Can the words we use help us point a way towards a better world? Can we ask such questions with appropriate seriousness while remaining open-mindedand while retaining our sense of humor? To all these questions this concise and user-friendly guide answers yes, while offering clear-headed discussions of many of the key issues. A handy, thoughtful guide to politically and ethically appropriate language. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Be Good with Words (Paperback)
• Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554813255
• ISBN 13: 9781554813254
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In recent decades, the contested areas of English usage have grown both larger and more numerous. English speakers argue about whether we should say man or humanity, fisher or fisherman; whether we ought to speak of people as being disabled, or challenged, or differently abled; whether it is acceptable to say that’s so gay. More generally, we ask, can we use language in ways that avoid giving expression to prejudices embedded within it? Can the words we use help us point a way towards a better world? Can we ask such questions with appropriate seriousness while remaining open-minded―and while retaining our sense of humor? To all these questions this concise and user-friendly guide answers yes, while offering clear-headed discussions of many of the key issues.

About the Authors

Don LePan is a co-author of The Broadview Guide to Writing (sixth edition 2017) and of The Broadview Pocket Glossary of Literary Terms (2014); his second novel, Rising Stories, was published in 2015.

Laura Buzzard is co-author of The Broadview Pocket Glossary of Literary Terms (2014) and co-editor of The Broadview Anthology of Expository Prose ( third edition 2016) and Science and Society: An Anthology for Readers and Writers (2014).

Maureen Okun is Professor of English and of Liberal Studies at Vancouver Island University; she has edited Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur: Selections (2014) and is co-author of The Broadview Guide to Writing (sixth edition 2017) and The Broadview Pocket Guide to Citation and Documentation (second edition 2016).