What does the term 'Abrogation' mean in postcolonial linguistic theory?
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Correct answer: The rejection of the standard language's claim to centrality and correct usage
Abrogation is the refusal to accept the categories of the imperial culture, its aesthetic, its illusory standard of 'correct' usage, and its assumption of a fixed meaning 'at the center'. It is often paired with 'appropriation' — the process of using the colonizer's language on one's own terms.
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