J. C. B. Gordon

Verbal Deficit (eBook, ePUB)

A Critique

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429790072
• Artikelnr.: 55276321

Autorenporträt

J. C. B. Gordon

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Differential Educational Attainment 2. 'Classical' Verbal
Deficit Theory 3. Bernstein's Sociolinguistic Theory 4. Challenges and
Alternatives 5. Verbal Deficit Theories in Context. Conclusion and
Prospect. Appendices