Word$ on the $treet
Subtitle: language and the American Dream on Wall Street
By: Leo Haviland
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Indianapolis, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 616
ISBN-13: 9781457505652; 9781457508042
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Stockbrokers; Communication; Language and culture
Other titles: Words on the street
Notes: "'Words on the Street' is an experienced insider's analysis of Wall Street language. This informative and entertaining exploration of marketplace rhetoric focuses on metaphors derived from the fascinating arenas of games, love, war, politics, religion, the fine arts, and natural physical science. This expose reviews that wordplay in the context of the American Dream"--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 596-612) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreplay: talking the talk; title: Games, sports, gambling, and play; title: Love, sex, and friendship; title: War, battle, and violence; title: Religion, magic, and fantasy; title: The seduction of science and the romance of rationality; title: The war of the words and the triumph of investment; title: Seeing, saying, and herding; title: Selling the American dream: money, politics, nature, and God; title: Cashing in: words, thoughts, and poetry.