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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
