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12 Aug 08

Paralysed by postmodernism | The Australian

  • postmodernism's pedagogical impact at these lower levels in the educational hierarchy was, if anything, even worse than its intellectual impact at higher levels
  • Much more concerning was a strange kind of linguistic determinism at play throughout their theoretical sections and chapters. Almost without exception these student authors argued as if the language that people speak forces or causes them to think and act in certain ways.
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25 Feb 08

Jargon Gets Lost in Academic Translation | Columbia Spectator

  • a growing trend: the specialization of vocabulary within academic disciplines to the point where it becomes almost another language
  • This specialized discourse, whatever field it arises in, can be off-putting—hence the pejorative term “academic jargon.” For those who don’t “speak the language,” the experience of listening to two people who do can be about as much fun hanging out with two of your friends after they have both watched Napoleon Dynamite without you. It sets reference points that are common to some but not to others. But what is such language really doing, and why does it become so different from the speech you exchange with your parents?
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