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When language falls short of its ability to facilitate communication in the workplace, it can lead to misinterpretation and a sense of disconnection or exclusion.
Despite a lack of enforceable remedies, international experience suggests the proposed new ‘plain language’ law should improve official communications.
Dry, windy conditions have fueled destructive wildfires in Texas, Florida and other states in 2022. Understanding these terms can help people in fire-risk areas prepare.
The language around climate change can feel overwhelming. A psychology and public policy expert breaks it down in plain English.
Differentiating between bad jargon and good jargon.
We need to enter 2018 with a fresh set of expressions for the workplace.
Most healthcare information is written at a level more advanced than the reader’s ability.
Going forward, perhaps we ought to cut office patois some slack – it greases the wheels of business, after all.
Learn a new language, or stay out of the loop.
Frequent users of jargon think they’re being impressive when they’re really just baffling their listeners.
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bayes Business School, City, University of London
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University of Groningen
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Adjunct Lecturer, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University
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Professor of Linguistics, Monash University
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Director of Slang and New Language Archive, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King's College London
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Professor of Public Policy, Psychology and Behavioral Science, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato
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Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Communication, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Director of the Southern Fire Exchange, University of Florida
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Law Lecturer, University of Waikato
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Director, Center for Public Interest Communications, University of Florida
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Director of Partner Strategies - Center for Public Interest Communications, University of Florida
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Associate Professor, Management, Saint Mary’s University
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Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources, Singapore Management University
