By Frederick Elkin
Well known works through stressing uncommonly used "substitute expressions" and through omitting profanity provide a fake photo of the soldier's language. The language, assumed to be practical, is unconsciously discovered and adjustments to befit new reviews and hence is effective as resource fabric for learning the soldier's adjustment. The language displays (1) the soldier's self-image of harmony, freedom from social restraint, and power and (2) his angle to authority. The expressions point out that the soldier dislikes authority yet accepts it with various levels of resignation, bitterness, and satire.
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The American magazine of Sociology, 51.5 (March 1946). 414-422.
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My own research and the findings of others across disciplines shows the presence of these controlling assumptions beneath everything from local zoning policies, Supreme Court decisions, and the mind-set of the realtor showing you homes to buy. My list is not exhaustive, but the following six in particular often flow in order and may even sound like a conversation you’ve recently had: 1. Middle-class life is based on self-sufficiency, not handouts. 2. Preserving the benefits of a middle-class life requires distance from the poor.
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