Shocked and awed : how the war on terror and Jihad have changed the English language / Fred Halliday.

Far more than just a military conflict, the 'War on Terror' has been a struggle over values and meanings, a desperate contest for hearts and minds in which language has become the battlefield. In this highly original book, Fred Halliday takes us on a tour of this new war-zone, its artiller...

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Main Author: Halliday, Fred
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Language:English
Published: London : I.B. Tauris & Co., 2010.
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