{"product_id":"death-sentence-the-decay-of-public-language","title":"Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language — Don Watson","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"387\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"199\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Language\u003cbr data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"247\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"247\" data-end=\"258\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Don Watson\u003cbr data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"272\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"286\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Knopf (Random House Australia)\u003cbr data-start=\"317\" data-end=\"320\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"320\" data-end=\"329\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1-74051-206-5\u003cbr data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"346\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"358\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover with dust jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"423\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"401\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First edition, 2003\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"552\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"439\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good second-hand condition. Light shelf wear to dust jacket with minor creasing. Book itself clean and intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"554\" data-end=\"733\"\u003eA sharp and widely cited critique of bureaucratic and corporate language. Don Watson dissects how vague, inflated, and evasive language shapes politics, business, and public life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"735\" data-end=\"902\"\u003eDraws on real examples from government reports, corporate communications, and institutional writing to show how meaning gets obscured behind jargon and empty phrasing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Astaroth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49067089264863,"sku":null,"price":9.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/6815\/6383\/files\/IMG_5706.jpg?v=1777888431","url":"https:\/\/astarothbooks.com\/products\/death-sentence-the-decay-of-public-language","provider":"Astaroth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}