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Language is not neutral; it determines, and is determined, by perspective. This volume explores the role of an influential vocabulary of war, sanitised language, the language that seeks to clean up the appearance of events through euphemism, abstract words and opaque phrases. Critical discourse analysis of the language of recent military campaigns shows that the public authorities do not explain events as clearly as they might. Despite social, political and strategic incentives to use sanitised language, its use appears to undermine the democratic process and reduce public authorities’ freedoms, possibly emboldening adversaries and turning away potential partners.
In: Who Benefits from the Sanitized Language of Violence?
In: Who Benefits from the Sanitized Language of Violence?
In: Who Benefits from the Sanitized Language of Violence?

conflict, the study is not alone in identifying a problem with the military’s language. Matthew Parris summed up what many lament, when he spoke of briefings by the military in Afghanistan, “It is easy to be blinded by … the acronyms and euphemisms … [the language] tells of baffled expatriates … in flight

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In: Who Benefits from the Sanitized Language of Violence?
In: Who Benefits from the Sanitized Language of Violence?
In: Who Benefits from the Sanitized Language of Violence?