The Verbal Self-Defense Newsletter

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The Verbal Self-Defense Newsletter

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The Verbal Self-Defense Newsletter presents information on verbal
self-defense for speakers of English, covering topics such as:

Theory and practice of verbal self-defense
How to disagree without being disagreeable
The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense system
Verbal self-defense as a martial art
The link between verbal violence and physical violence
The link between verbal self-defense and wellness
The link between verbal self-defense and success
Establishing and maintaining a healthy language environment
Hostile language and verbal self-defense in languages other than English

The newsletter is written and published by Suzette Haden Elgin (Ph.D.,
linguistics; author of the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense series), and
will appear every other month starting in January 2000. It will be
available by e-mail only, in plain text -- no HTML, no whirling gewgaws --
and is free to members of the World Verbal Self-Defense League Network
(annual dues, $5.00). For more information  send an e-mail to OCLS@ipa.net;
a sample issue will be posted at http://www.worldvsdleague.com (Link inactive 19 August 2004)
in January 2000.

Note: Elgin has published this material as one section of a print
newsletter since September 1981 (as a publication of the Ozark Center for
Language Studies); she is now converting that publication to five e-mail
newsletters.

Contact: OCLS@ipa.net