Doublespeak
Task1:
Think if you know anything about Doublespeak. If not, what do you think it may mean?
Task2:
Here are two typical examples of doublespeak.
Read them and give your comments on them. Express your attitude.
1. The planes do not crash – they just have uncontrolled contact with the ground.
2. President Reagon was not nearly dying – he was in a non-decision- making - form.
Task 3:
William Lutz, one of the researchers on Doublespeak, characterizes it as “a
language, which pretends to communicate but doesn’t, language which
makes the bad seem good, the negative appear positive, the unpleasant
attractive, or at least tolerable.”
Do you agree? Why? Why not?
Task 4;
Read the text “The World of Doublespeak” by William Lutz.
Do the tasks that follow.
Читайте також: - The World of Doublespeak.
Не знайшли потрібну інформацію? Скористайтесь пошуком google:
|
|