The gentle art of verbal self-defense at work / Suzette Haden Elgin
Imprint
Paramus, N.J. : Prentice Hall Press, c2000
Descript
xii, 340 p. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Introduction: language-the power source that never fails you -- Learning the territory -- It's only semantics -- Language and the game domain -- Language and the business/professional domain -- Malpractice of the mouth -- Language and the time domain -- Language and the public relations domain -- Semantic modulation -- Language and the personal domain -- Lying -- Staying out of court and out of trouble -- Conclusion: building reality bridges