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  • To write or speak is to communicate. To communicate is to share meanings, make them ‘common’ to all participants in the discourse. (The etymological root of communication means ‘common.’)

    Robin Tolmach Lakoff (2001). “The Language War”, p.59, Univ of California Press
  • Reagan's genius as a communicator lies in his use of ambiguity. ... Ambiguity is the mother of Teflon.

    Mother   Lying   Teflon  
  • Language uses us as much as we use language.

    Use   Language  
  • As children, women are encouraged to be "little ladies." Little ladies don't scream as vociferously as little boys, and they are chastised more severely for throwing tantrums or showing temper: "high spirits" are expected and therefore tolerated in little boys; docility and resignation are the corresponding traits expected of little girls. Now, we tend to excuse a show of temper by a man where we would not excuse an identical tirade from a woman: women are allowed to fuss and complain, but only a man can bellow in rage.

    Girl   Children   Women  
  • All language is political.

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