Verbal Deficit: A Critique (Routledge Library Editions: Sociolinguistics)
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- Synopsis
- Originally published in 1981. Verbal deficit theories try to account for differential educational attainments in linguistic terms, suggesting that children reach varying levels of success in school as a result of their ability or inability to express themselves, and relate this to social class. This critique considers such theories, especially in the form propounded by Bernstein, primarily from a sociolinguistic viewpoint but with special attention to the historical and educational context behind the theories. It claims that verbal deficit theories are not only unscientific and non-linguistic, but are educationally damaging as well, and proposes instead a linguistic ‘difference’ theory.
- Copyright:
- 1981
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 176 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780429790072
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781138350045, 9780429436147, 9781138352872
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 08/14/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Taylor and Francis
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Language Arts
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.