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When something feels ethically wrong language is a good place to look for clues to why.

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

December 15, 2021 by faintingviolet 6 Comments

Amanda Montell is a language scholar who takes her readers on a trip through social history using linguistics. I read and enjoyed Montell’s Wordslut two years ago, and in her second book, Cultish, Montell is interested in examining the edges of our culture that can exhibit some unhealthy habits by examining the way language is used in them, and that is the kind of thing I am going to sign up for every time.   Utilizing both storytelling and independent research Montell exposes the linguistic elements that make a wide spectrum of […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Amanda Montell, Cultish, cults, faintingviolet, linguistics, MLM, sociolinguistics, words matter

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:65 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Amanda Montell, Cultish, cults, faintingviolet, linguistics, MLM, sociolinguistics, words matter ·
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