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ERIC Number: ED032344
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1965-Feb
Pages: 3
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Jargon, Prufrock, and the "Cop-Out".
Cohen, Savin
College Composition and Communication, v16 n1 p27-29 Feb 1965
A teacher's developing awareness of his college students' dependence on jargon as the expression of their culture is portrayed with the aid of quotations from Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Parallels are drawn between Prufrock's attitudes and student language in the classroom. (AF)
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Images, Cultural Traits, English Instruction, Language Patterns, Language Role, Literature Appreciation, Social Dialects, Social Relations, Sociolinguistics, Speech Habits, Standard Spoken Usage, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior
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Authoring Institution: National Council of Teachers of English, Champaign, IL.
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