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100 1 _aWatson, Don,
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245 1 0 _aDeath sentence :
_bthe decay of public language /
_cDon Watson.
264 1 _aSyndey ;
_aNew York :
_bKnopf,
_c2003.
300 _a198 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 195-198).
520 _aToday's corporations, government departments, news media and politicians speak to each other and to us in cliched, impenetrable, lifeless sludge. In Death Sentence, part diatribe, part cool reflection on the state of Australia's public language, Watson takes a blowtorch to the words and their users, who kill joy and clarity.
521 _aTertiary/Undergraduate.
521 _aGeneral.
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