“The Bridge” and the Veiling of Meaning: Investigating the Possible Linguistic Effects of Scientology’s Unique Lexicon
Abstract
Download Media
PDF (Price: £18.00 )DOI: 10.1558/ijsnr.38937
References
Ariely, D. 2010. The Upside of Irrationality. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2011.5747214
Bloom, P. and F.C. Keil. 2001. “Thinking through language.” Mind & Language 16(4): 351–367. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0017.00175
Bowers, J. S. and C.W. Pleydell-Pearce. 2011. “Swearing, euphemisms, and linguistic relativity.” PLOS ONE 6(7): e22341. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022341
Cook, P. 1971. “Scientology and Dianetics.” The Journal of Education 153(4): 58–61. https://doi.org/10.1177/002205747115300409
Cruse, D. A. 1986. Lexical Semantics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Ernst, E. 2004. “Bioresonance, a study of pseudo-scientific language.” Complementary Medicine Research 11(3): 171–173. https://doi.org/10.1159/000079446
Hales, A. H., K. D. Williams and J. Rector. 2017. “Alienating the audience: How abbreviations hamper scientific communication.” APS Observer 30(2).
Hubbard, L. R. 1950. Dianetics: The modern science of mental health. New York: Hermitage House.
———. 1982. Technical Dictionary of Dianetics and Scientology. USA: Bridge Publications.
———. 2017. Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000. Hollywood, CA: Galaxy Press.
Kodish, B. I. 2003. “General semantics: a general theory of evaluation.” ETC.:
A Review of General Semantics 60(3): 286–295.
Lucy, J. A. 2005. “Through the window of language: Assessing the influence of language diversity on thought.” Theoria: An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science 20(3): 299–309.
Macagno, F. and D. Walton. 2014. Emotive language in argumentation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139565776
McCall, W. V. 2007. Psychiatry and psychology in the writings of L. Ron Hubbard. Journal of Religion and Health 46(3): 437–447. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-006-9079-9
Mooney, A. 2005. The Rhetoric of Religious ‘Cults’. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230504417
Movsisyan, D. M. 2012. “Polysemy in Context.” Armenian Folia Anglistika. 53–59.
Scientology.org n.d. “Scientology beliefs & practices: What is scientology?” https://www.scientology.org/what-is-scientology/. Accessed October 3, 2019. n.d. “What is the e-meter and how does it work?” https://www.scientology.org/faq/scientology-and-dianetics-auditing/what-is-the-emeter-nd-how-does-it-work.html. Accessed October 3, 2019.
Wikileaks.org. 2004. “Scientology flag world tour 2004 video.” https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Scientology_Flag_World_Tour_2004_video. Accessed April 16, 2019.
Urban Dictionary 2006. “Sessionable.” https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sessionable Accessed October 3, 2019.