1st Edition

Applied Studies Towards a Sociology of Language

By Basil Bernstein Copyright 2003
    396 Pages
    by Routledge

    394 Pages
    by Routledge

    The papers in this second volume show some of the results of the empirical exploration of Bernstein's hypothesis. The volume represents a significant contribution not only to the study of the sociology of language, but also to education and the social sciences.
    "This collection demonstrates the magnitude of Bernstein's pioneering contribution to socio-linguistic studies" - S. John Eggleston, Times Educational Supplement

    Acknowledgments, Foreword, Introduction, Part I Maternal orientations to communication, Part II Aspects of the speech of five-year-old children, Part III Aspects of the speech of seven-year-old children, Part IV Two thcoretical issues, Index

    Biography

    Basil Bernstein