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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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The Two Most Powerful Weapons against Doublespeak.
Kehl, D. G.
English Journal, v77 n3 p57-65 Mar 1988
Discusses the relationship between doublespeak and humor in the works of George Orwell, W.H. Auden, Doris Lessing, and others. Suggests that one of the most effective responses to doublespeak is humor, a response which acknowledges doublespeak's incongruities and laughs at them. (ARH)
Descriptors: Humor, Literary Criticism, Persuasive Discourse, Propaganda, Rhetorical Criticism, Satire
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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