2002, ISBN: 1550413988, Lieferbar binnen 4-6 Wochen Shipping costs:Versandkostenfrei innerhalb der BRD

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: FITZHENRY & WHITESIDE, 288 Seiten, [GR: 27430 - TB/Politikwissenschaft], [SW: - Politics / Current Events], Kartoniert/Broschier… More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: FITZHENRY & WHITESIDE, 288 Seiten, [GR: 27430 - TB/Politikwissenschaft], [SW: - Politics / Current Events], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Whether it lands softly or plops on your doorstep with a thick, dull thud, the daily newspaper -- both in its headlines and the stories themselves -- is your daily dose of the English language like you've never seen it anywhere else on the planet.<P>Slid quietly through your mail-slot or into the snarling jaws of the family dog, the newspapers you read present a newspeak all their own, a crazy variation of the English language that has been poked, prodded and turned inside out for your daily and everlasting wonderment and joy.<P>Tucked neatly into your mailbox or hurled with incredible accuracy into that prickly bush on your front lawn, your daily is heady with idiosyncrasies, non-sequiturs, phrases and expressions -- all wildly contorted, under deadline, into a language you maybe thought you knew -- until now.<P>With examples and illustrations pulled from more than 500 North American and international newspapers, Jay Myers invites the reader to explore the words we have for breakfast - the world of sports jargon, business-speak, psycho-babble, political obfuscation, military metaphor, and techno-talk that greet us each day in this engaging, informative, and endlessly entertaining book. Whether it lands softly or plops on your doorstep with a thick, dull thud, the daily newspaper -- both in its headlines and the stories themselves -- is your daily dose of the English language like you've never seen it anywhere else on the planet.<P>Slid quietly through your mail-slot or into the snarling jaws of the family dog, the newspapers you read present a newspeak all their own, a crazy variation of the English language that has been poked, prodded and turned inside out for your daily and everlasting wonderment and joy.<P>Tucked neatly into your mailbox or hurled with incredible accuracy into that prickly bush on your front lawn, your daily is heady with idiosyncrasies, non-sequiturs, phrases and expressions -- all wildly contorted, under deadline, into a language you maybe thought you knew -- until now.<P>With examples and illustrations pulled from more than 500 North American and international newspapers, Jay Myers invites the reader to explore the words we have for breakfast - the world of sports jargon, business-speak, psycho-babble, political obfuscation, military metaphor, and techno-talk that greet us each day in this engaging, informative, and endlessly entertaining book.<