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Subtitled, "How The War On Terror & Jihad Have Changed The English Language". Examines new words and phrases coined since 2001, and how language changes our perception of the war.
Synopsis
Takes us on a tour of 'War on Terror', its artillery and trenches, minefields and booby-traps. Scanning the pock-marked semantic landscape of post 9/11 world, this book uncovers hidden twists of phrasing and word associations, which in themselves tell a story about the violent clash of ideologies that has marked the opening of the 21st century.
