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Shades Of Meaning: Reflections On The Use, Misuse, And Abuse Of English
Samuel R Levin
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| #2609362 in Books | Basic Books | 1998-03-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.50 x6.00 x.50l, | File type: PDF | 224 pages | ||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Most Useful|By A Customer|Shades of Meaning has been a remarkable book for improving my writing as a published author. Whether ambiguities, cliches, redundancies, shades of meaning, the beauty and corruption of the English language stand out. " Tomorrow I may feel differently" - or is it "different"? Discussions about the meanings of words in relation to context are clear a|From Library Journal|Levin, distinguished professor of English emeritus at the CUNY Graduate Center, here lambastes the gradual slump of the English language into what he labels "junkspeak." In his short introduction, he writes that many speakers are guilty of v
Much as we speak of junk food, junk bonds, and junk mail to describe commodities that lack substance or fail in their functions, Samuel Levin argues that we are currently beset by a new category of junkspeak.” Motivated by a psychological desire to sound more sophisticated, people everywhere are filling their speech and writing with linguistic faux pas that hinder effective communication. Shades of Meaning is a handy guide to words and expressi...
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