Words Apart: The Language of Prejudice by Jonathon Green
$16.00
Lexicographer Jonathon Green investigates how everyday expressions and abusive labels encode prejudice. Arranged by themes including nationality, language, animals and religion, this reference work follows the origins and uses of thousands of terms that mark people as outsiders, placing them in their historical and social settings.
- Author: Jonathon Green
- Publisher: Kyle Cathie
- Year: 1996
- Edition / printing: First UK edition
- Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket
- Pages: 383
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1856262162
- ISBN-13: 9781856262163
Condition: Good used condition. Dust jacket has edge creasing, light rubbing and slight discolouration. Pages are toned.
Book details
- Title
- Words Apart: The Language of Prejudice
- Edition
- First UK edition
- ISBN-13
- 9781856262163
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Type: NON FICTION
Category: BOOKS, Jonathon Green, LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS, LOC028, NON FICTION, REFERENCE, SOCIAL HISTORY, VINTAGE BOOKS
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