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Jargon or dialect?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Fred Parrot
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Abstract

When is ‘jargon’ simply necessary technical language, and when does technical language blur into unnecessary jargon? Teachers of English can help their students not only to deal with questions like these, but also to identify authentic bafflegab when they come across it.

Type
Special Features
Information
English Today , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , July 1986 , pp. 19 - 22
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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