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Peer reviewedWoodill, Gary; Davidson, Iain F. W. K. – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1989
The language of special education professionals is discussed as both a language game and a professional discourse and is analyzed at the level of semiotics. The semiotics of special education is broken down into the use of generative metaphors, keywords, and signs of difference. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Language Patterns
Download full textLamb, Barbara – 1971
This monograph outlines a course in the study of nonverbal or graphic symbols in communication, of language as symbols and of symbols within language. Performance objectives for the students are: (1) giving examples of the use of nonverbal and/or graphic communication symbols; (2) deducing that people assign different meanings to the same work and…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Curriculum Guides, Figurative Language
