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Who benefits from the sanitized language of violence? /

"Language is not neutral; it determines, and is determined, by perspective. This volume explores the role of an influential vocabulary of war, sanitised language, the language that seeks to clean up the appearance of events through euphemism, abstract words and opaque phrases. Critical discours...

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محفوظ في:
التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Fyjis-Walker, Matthew (مؤلف)
التنسيق: الكتروني كتاب الكتروني
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Leiden ; Boston : Brill/Nijhoff, 2024.
سلاسل:International studies on military ethics, volume 14
الموضوعات:
Military law > Great Britain.
Military ethics > Great Britain.
Law > Great Britain > Language.
Civil-military relations > Great Britain.
War (International law)
Violence (Law)
Euphemism.
Great Britain > Military policy.
Morale militaire > Grande-Bretagne.
Droit > Grande-Bretagne > Langage.
Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre (Droit international)
Violence > Droit.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:EBSCOhost
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الوصف
الملخص:"Language is not neutral; it determines, and is determined, by perspective. This volume explores the role of an influential vocabulary of war, sanitised language, the language that seeks to clean up the appearance of events through euphemism, abstract words and opaque phrases. Critical discourse analysis of the language of recent military campaigns shows that the public authorities do not explain events as clearly as they might. Despite social, political and strategic incentives to use sanitised language, its use appears to undermine the democratic process and reduce public authorities' freedoms, possibly emboldening adversaries and turning away potential partners"--
وصف مادي:1 online resource.
بيبلوغرافيا:Includes bibliographical references.
ردمك:9004696423
9789004696426
تدمد:2214-7926 ;
وصول:Open access versions available from some providers

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