Cant [ Language & Speech ]
… In the eighteenth century, ‘cant’ was a word widely used in controversies to disqualify the opponent's language and rhetoric. It first referred to the secret language of thieves but then was used to criticise an excessive use of … informality as well as of emotional preaching. Concepts > Language & Speech Mots-clés Controversy Conversation Hypocrisy Rhetoric Nowadays, ‘cant’ is used in English to refer to professional jargons, but the word was more widely used in the … Dictionary of the English Language 1 , and the word was used in several controversies so as to present the opponent's rhetoric as a counter-model to the ideal sociability brought about by clear and rational language. The evolution of the …
Controversy | Conversation | Hypocrisy | Rhetoric
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