Language War

"The evidence Lakoff presents that the battle for cultural control is a contest over language is rarely real-world turf lost or gained. Instead, she points to the defensive posturing by defenders of the status quo, uncovering the fear of a black, female, gay planet embedded in conservative rhetoric. But Lakoff herself falls into the same 'gotcha' tone that she decries in what's been called the 'Argument Culture,' the increasingly mean, contentious public discourse born of the language war....Above all, THE LANGUAGE WAR is a depressing reminder of just how mean-spirited the 1990s were."Lakoff, Robin Tolmach is the author of 'Language War', published 2001 under ISBN 9780520232075 and ISBN 0520232070.