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Senechal, Diana. Mind over memes: passive listening, toxic talk, and other modern language follies / Diana Senechal. — 1 online resource — <URL:http://elib.fa.ru/ebsco/1857363.pdf>.

Record create date: 8/22/2018

Subject: Clichés.; English language — Social aspects; Clichés.; English language — Social aspects.

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"This collection of interconnected essays tackles words, concepts, and phrases that have become part of the cultural conversation--but deserve to be reexamined. Combining sharp criticism, lyricism, and play, this book argues for judicious and imaginative speech"--.

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Table of Contents

  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Take Away the Takeaway
  • 2 Change, Our False God
  • 3 The Ubiquitous Team
  • 4 Is Listening Passive?
  • 5 Research Has Shown—Just What, Exactly?
  • 6 Social and Unsocial Justice
  • 7 The Toxicity of “Toxic”
  • 8 The Springs of Creativity
  • 9 In Praise of Mixed Mindsets
  • 10 What Do We Mean by “We”?
  • 11 A Good Misfit
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography and Recommended Reading
  • Index
  • About the Author

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