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The ideological & political motivations underlying the official vocabulary & grammar of African affairs are examined. It is argued that the primary function of this language is intimidation, not communication, & that the language attempts to mask & encode present reality, while limiting future prospects to politically determined barriers enforced through selective & encoded vocabulary. After a brief outline & critique of various examples of official rhetoric, it is suggested that its primary function is the distortion of reality. Nouns representing officially sanctioned concepts are given primacy, while verbs are reduced to merely situating the noun in a temporal category. Nouns are presented as fixed, known, & nondebatable truths, & adjectives are used to rejuvenate nouns (official concepts) that have been challenged or failed. Despite these efforts toward rhetorical manipulation, it is concluded that the language-enforced myths of the government are rapidly deteriorating. T. Sevier

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