Control through Language in Politics

REICH, Pavel. Control through Language in Politics. In Diversification and Its Discontents: Dynamics of the Discipline, 9th Brno International Conference of English, American and Canadian Studies, Brno. 2010.

Basic information

Original name

Control through Language in Politics

Authors

REICH, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Diversification and Its Discontents: Dynamics of the Discipline, 9th Brno International Conference of English, American and Canadian Studies, Brno, 2010

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14640/10:00060291

Organization unit

Language Centre

Keywords in English

doublespeak; euphemisms; political discourse

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Abstract

V originále

The paper focuses on the main aspects of doublespeak, i.e. language that is used in order to manipulate people’s thought and influence their perception of reality.