Polluting Our Language.

Bush, Douglas

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ERIC Number: EJ054783

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Publication Date: 1972

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Polluting Our Language

Bush, Douglas

American Scholar, 41, 2, 238-47, Spr 72

While an aroused public applauds the exposure of civic corruption and environmental pollution, neither the public at large nor officialdom has any concern with the corruption and pollution of language except to contribute to it. (Author)

Descriptors: Language Usage, Linguistics, North American English, Speech Communication, Speech Habits, Standard Spoken Usage

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