| Record Type: |
Language materials, printed
: Monograph/item
|
| Title/Author: |
The language of war // Steve Thorne. |
| Author: |
Thorne, Steve, |
| Published: |
London ;Routledge, : 2006., |
| Description: |
xii, 104 p. :ill. ;26 cm. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
Unit one: fighting talk -- The militarisation of English -- War all the time -- Unit two: verbal armoury -- Military codes -- Military naming conventions -- Unit three: us and them -- Friend or foe? -- Subhuman and superhuman -- Unit four: your country needs you -- Propaganda -- Recruitment -- Unit five: live from the front -- Official reports -- Media coverage -- Unit six: virtual war -- War games -- Anwers and commentaries -- References -- Index of terms. |
| Subject: |
English language - Discourse analysis. - |
| ISBN: |
0415358671 (hb) : |