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ERIC Number: EJ410098
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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"Wicked Words": Getting to the Roots of Words.
Wisniewski, Jeanine G.
English Journal, v79 n4 p78-79 Apr 1990
Argues that students must be attuned to the fact that language serves those who are in power and excludes those who are not. Describes an exercise demonstrating this arrangement that uses a simple "degrees of meaning" list. Notes that students realize that linguistic rules are only as strong as those who impose them. (RS)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Secondary Education, Semantics, Sexism in Language, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Feminist Criticism