Bibliograph

Rebel without a clause, losing the linguistic plot..., Sue Butler

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Label

Rebel without a clause, losing the linguistic plot..., Sue Butler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical information (pages 240-256) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rebel without a clause

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Sue Butler

Sub title

losing the linguistic plot...

Summary

The English language is changing constantly. We invent new words and phrases, we mash up idioms, we mispronounce, misuse, misappropriate. Sue Butler has heard it all and is ready to defend and disagree with common usage. Veering from tolerance to outrage, she examines how the word sheila took a nose-dive after World War II, considers whether we should hunker or bunker down, and bemoans the emptiness of rhetoric. She shouts 'down with closure' as it leaps from the psychoanalyst's couch, explains why we've lost the plot on deceptively, untangles the manuka honey stoush, fathoms why the treatment of famous is infamous, and ponders whether you would, could or should

Target audience

adult

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