Sedivy, Julie - 2010 - 1st ed.
ourselves as being in charge of our lives: we're not. Sold on Language may not be for everyone. But if you shop, it's for you … Psychology of Persuasion Tell most people that advertisers and politicians exploit language to manipulate desire and opinion, and … persuasive power that inhabits every corner of language - not just in the familiar puffery of adjectives like "new and improved …