The Moral Parameters of Good Talk

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The Moral Parameters of Good Talk is written by Maryann Ayim and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0889202826 (ISBN 10) and 9780889202825 (ISBN 13).

Annotation The author contends that since language is capable of creating harm or good, it should not be exempt from the moral standards we apply to other behaviors--we should strive to talk in morally appropriate ways. Her proposed moral criteria for language are discussed on a theoretical level, where she applies her moral analysis to the major competing theories on the relation of gender and language, and on a practical level, when she examines circumstances where such moral criteria have been applied. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.