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Noun Concept
Categories: Etiquette, Linguistic controversies, Articles with short description, All articles needing additional references, 1988 introductions
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people-first language  identity-first language  People first language  Person-centred language  person-first language
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People-first language, also called person-first language, is a type of linguistic prescription which puts a person before a diagnosis, describing what condition a person "has" rather than asserting what a person "is". Wikipedia
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People-first language, also called person-first language, is a type of linguistic prescription which puts a person before a diagnosis, describing what condition a person "has" rather than asserting what a person "is". Wikipedia
A concept similar to political correctness, regarding language use relating to people with disabilities Wikipedia Disambiguation
Language that refers to people with disabilities by saying people first, for example "people with disabilities", instead of adjectives ("disabled people") and copulas ("he is disabled") that would give primacy to the disability. Wiktionary
IS A
metalanguage
linguistic prescription
metonymy
DOES NOT HAVE QUALITY
dehumanization
marginalisation
FACET OF
disability
minority
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people-first language
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People-first language
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people-first language
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identity-first language, People first language, Person-centred language, person-first language, Person-first terminology

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