Verbal Deficit: A Critique Contributor(s): Gordon, J. C. B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138350044 ISBN-13: 9781138350045 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $75.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Sociolinguistics |
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.78 lbs) 180 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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. |