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Publication details [#49142]

Jingree, Treena and W.M.L. Finlay. 2008. 'You can't do it ... It's theory rather than practice': staff use of the practice/principle rhetorical device in talk on empowering people with learning disabilities. Discourse & Society 19 (6) : 705–726.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

caregiver-child conversation | disadvantage | learning | power | rhetorical effect

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper discusses professional care-giver staff use of Wetherell et al.'s (1987) practice/principle rhetorical device in their talk on empowering people with learning disabilities.