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ERIC Number: EJ329536
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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First Amendment Protection for the High School Punster and William Shakespeare.
Bosmajian, Haig
English Journal, v75 n3 p67-71 Mar 1986
Discusses a court case involving a student's use of puns in an assembly speech, Shakespeare's use of puns, the relationship between banning offensive words and the censorship of ideas, and the difficulty with placing a ban on the expression of "indecent" puns and double entendre and of deciding what is "appropriate." (EL)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Court Litigation, English Instruction, Freedom of Speech, Intellectual Freedom, Language Usage, Moral Issues, Puns, Secondary Education, Speech Communication
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: First Amendment