The language war /
Lakoff, Robin Tolmach.
Berkeley ; London : University of California Press,
c2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-312) and index.
Language: the power we love to hate -- The neutrality of the status quo -- "Political correctness" and hate speech: the word as sword -- Mad, bad, and had: the Anita Hill / Clarence Thomas narrative(s) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton: what the Sphinx thinks -- Who framed "O.J." -- Ebonics: it's chronic -- The story of ugh.
Sociolinguistics
Mass media and language
Power (Social sciences)