| Talking about People: A Guide to Fair and Accurate Language Contributor(s): Maggio, Rosalie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1573560693 ISBN-13: 9781573560696 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $50.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1997 Annotation: Anyone who works with words and people will want to keep this indispensable guide close at hand. In her highly entertaining style, best-selling author Rosalie Maggio offers thousands of alternatives for outdated, stereotypical, and damaging language. This substantially updated and expanded version of Maggio's earlier work, The Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage, also covers numerous words and phrases that were not even part of our language five years ago. This handy reference guide merits a place next to the dictionary and thesaurus of all who are sensitive to the use of fair and accurate language. It will help them make an informed judgment when choosing words to describe people in terms of their age, sex, employment, economic status, religion, lifestyle, ethnic background, or disability. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 428 |
| LCCN: 97030047 |
| Lexile Measure: 1380 |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.1" W x 9.07" (1.59 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anyone who works with words and people will want to keep this indispensable guide close at hand. In her highly entertaining style, best-selling author Rosalie Maggio offers thousands of alternatives for outdated, stereotypical, and damaging language. This substantially updated and expanded version of Maggio's earlier work, The Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage, also covers numerous words and phrases that were not even part of our language five years ago. This handy reference guide merits a place next to the dictionary and thesaurus of all who are sensitive to the use of fair and accurate language. It will help them make an informed judgment when choosing words to describe people in terms of their age, sex, employment, economic status, religion, lifestyle, ethnic background, or disability. |