William D. Lutz
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Biography
In 1962, Lutz received his bachelor's degree from the Dominican College of Racine (which closed its doors in 1974). He received his master's degree in English from Marquette University in 1963 and his doctorate in 1971 from the University of Nevada, Reno. Lutz began teaching English at Rutgers University-Camden in 1971, and was made a full professor in 1991. He retired from teaching in 2006.[2]
From 1980 to 1994, Lutz edited the now defunct Quarterly Review of Doublespeak.[3][4] He worked as a consultant with a number of corporations and the United States government to promote the use of 'plain language'. For example, he was a significant contributor to the SEC's Plain English Handbook.[5]
Selected publications
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- (1974) The Age of CommunicationTemplate:Hair space[6]
- (1989) Doublespeak: From "Revenue Enhancement" to "Terminal Living"Template:Hair space[1]
- (1994) The Cambridge Thesaurus of American EnglishTemplate:Hairspace[7]
- (1996) The New Doublespeak: Why No One Knows What Anyone's Saying Anymore
- (1999) Doublespeak Defined: Cut Through the Bull**** and Get the Point
References
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- ↑ a b Lutz, William D. (1989) Doublespeak: From "Revenue Enhancement" to "Terminal Living": How Government, Business, Advertisers, and Others Use Language to Deceive You Harper & Row, New York, Template:ISBN
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- ↑ "William D. Lutz" NNDB
- ↑ United States Securities and Exchange Commission (1998) A plain English handbook: how to create clear SEC disclosure documents Office of Investor Education and Assistance, United States. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC, Template:Catalog lookup link
- ↑ Lutz, William D. (1974) The Age of Communication Goodyear Pub. Co., Pacific Palisades, California, Template:ISBN
- ↑ Lutz, William D. (1994) The Cambridge Thesaurus of American English Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, Template:ISBN
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Further reading
- (1978) Contemporary Authors: A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields volumes 33–36, 1st revision, Gale Research, Detroit,
External links
- Business Doublespeak A short essay on Doublespeak by Willian Lutz.
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- "SEC seeks to "blow up" forms-based system" IR Web Report 25 June 2008 has photograph of William D. Lutz, as "Bill Lutz", accessed December 22, 2008