An Illustrated Book of Loaded Language
Learn to Hear What's Left Unsaid
Ali Almossawi & Alejandro Giraldo
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Introduction
- Rhetoric—how someone says something—can offer useful insight into their underlying assumptionsJul 11 2023 10:37PM
Chapter 1
- Vagueness is at the heart of insincere language; it clouds thinking and it muddies meaning. As Orwell writes about vague terms, “The person who uses them has his own private definition, but allows his hearer to think he means something quite different.”Jul 11 2023 10:37PM