Death sentence
Subtitle: the decay of public language
By: Don Watson.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Syndey; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: English language -- Political aspects -- Australia.; English language -- Social aspects -- Australia.; English language -- Australia -- Usage.; Language and culture -- Australia.
Description: A reflection on the state of Australia's public language and how a new language full of cliches, jargon, platitudes and weasel words has emerged.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-198).