Verbal Deficit : A Critique Hardback
by J. C. B. Gordon
Part of the Routledge Library Editions: Sociolinguistics series
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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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- Pages:180 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:03/10/2018
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:180 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:03/10/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781138350045
