《1982 Language in Society》.pdf

Review: [untitled] Author(s): Norman Fairclough Source: Language in Society, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Apr., 1982), pp. 110-120 Published by: Cambridge University Press Stable URL: /stable/4167294 . Accessed: 15/04/2011 11:42 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTORs Terms and Conditions of Use, available at . /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTORs Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at . /action/showPublisher?publisherCode=cup. . Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. Cambridge University Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Language in Society. REVIEWS Language - the loaded weapon: The use and abuse of BOLINGER, DWIGHT language today. London and New York: Longman, I980. Pp. X + 214. Bolingers book is aboutthe abuse of language - languageused to distort, con- ceal, con, manipulateand belittle. It can be seen as a contributionto critical linguistics (Fowler, Hodge, Kress Trew 1979: I96), a termwhich I shall use thoughBolinger himself does not. The developmentof criticallinguisticswill