IR VERDICT:
WHO’S CHANGING THE MEANING? is part lecture and part entertainment. Author Dana Lynn Pope delivers her thoughts on how language has changed and what it’s done to our perceptions and communications and offers her bottom-line solution: take care when using words and frame meaning within the context of the original usage. She succeeds when describing new words, punctuation, and messaging, yet falters somewhat when applying her philosophy to such documents as the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address. Recommended for professionals whose livelihoods center on working with words.