Jacob Campbell
Dr. Jacob Campbell, LICSW

I'm a father, husband, and educator committed to growing as a person and creating change for those with less power. I serve as an Associate Professor of Social Work at Heritage University. My work spans school social work, mental health, and youth with behavioral challenges. I'm passionate about educational innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and supporting students in becoming effective change agents.

Jacob Campbell
Dr. Jacob Campbell, LICSW

I'm a father, husband, and educator committed to growing as a person and creating change for those with less power. I serve as an Associate Professor of Social Work at Heritage University. My work spans school social work, mental health, and youth with behavioral challenges. I'm passionate about educational innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and supporting students in becoming effective change agents.

patois

While reading hooks and Malo (1994), I came across patois as a new word. While I love words I don’t know much about regional ideas

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patois

noun

a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

  • Synonyms
    • argot
    • cant
    • jargon
    • lingo
    • slang
    • vernacular
  • Less Specific
    • non-standard speech
  • More Specific
    • rhyming slang
  • Exemplified By
    • dreck
    • schlock
    • shlock

      a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

  • Exemplifies
    • French
    • French language
  • Less Specific
    • accent
    • dialect
    • idiom

There are 161 definitions in the project. Most definitions were taken from Terminology app, which is based on the Princeton University's WordNet lexical database. The following is a listing of all of the terms included.

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Reference Author: hooks and Malo (1994)

Reference Citation:

hooks, bell, & Malo, M. (1994). Teaching to transgress: Education as the practice of freedom. Routledge.

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