EDSPEAK AND THE DOUBLE ADJECTIVAL VACUITY
Abstract
Educational thought is jeopardized by a particularly empty form of educational discourse, here dubbed "Edspeak." One of the chief rhetorical devices of Edspeak is what might be called the "double adjectival vacuity." The semantiic properties and political advantages of this pervasive rhetorical device are discussed. RÉSUME La pensée pédagogique est menacée par la forme particulièrement vide de discours pédagogique à laquelle on a donné le surnom anglais de "Edspeak." L'une des principales caractéristiques rhétoriques de Edspeak est ce qu'on pourrait appeler la "double vacuité adjectivale." L'auteur analyse les propriétés sémantiques et les avantages politiques de ce procédé rhétorique omniprésent.Downloads
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1994-01-01
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Sanders, J. T. (1994). EDSPEAK AND THE DOUBLE ADJECTIVAL VACUITY. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 29(001). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/8150
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