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Gordon, J. C. B.

 
9781138350045: Verbal Deficit (Routledge Library Editions: Sociolinguistics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138350044 ISBN 13: 9781138350045
Publisher: Routledge, 2018

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.

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J. C. B. Gordon

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138350044
ISBN 13 
9781138350045
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
180