Plastic Words: The Tyranny of a Modular Language by Uwe Poerksen

Plastic Words: The Tyranny of a Modular Language

Uwe Poerksen

136 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction politics science informative reflective medium-paced

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Development. "Project." "Strategy." "Problem." These may seem like harmless words, but are they? German writer and linguist Uwe Poerksen calls these words "plastic words" because of their malleability and the uncanny way they are used to fit every...

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