Class, codes, and control; theoretical studies towards a sociology of language

Bernstein, Basil B

ISBN 10: 080520458X / ISBN 13: 9780805204582

Published by Schocken Books, 1975

About this Item

[From the library of Richard A. Macksey.] Softcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. "Richard A. Macksey was a celebrated Johns Hopkins University professor whose affiliation with the university spanned six and a half decades. A legendary figure not only in his own fields of critical theory, comparative literature, and film studies but across all the humanities, Macksey possessed enormous intellectual capacity and a deeply insightful human nature. He was a man who read and wrote in six languages, was instrumental in launching a new era in structuralist thought in America, maintained a personal library containing a staggering collection of books and manuscripts, inspired generations of students to follow him to the thorniest heights of the human intellect, and penned or edited dozens of volumes of scholarly works, fiction, poetry, and translation." - Johns Hopkins University.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Class, codes, and control; theoretical studies towards a sociology of language
• Publisher: Schocken Books
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080520458X
• ISBN 13: 9780805204582
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 11 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Linguistics

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Synopsis

The papers in this volume form a continuous record of Basil Bernstein's ideas as they evolved during the twelve years of his emergence as a key thinker on sociological, linguistic, and educational matters. The totality of Bernstein's thought is presented, when heretofore only his early and most controversial theories have been known in this country. He discusses the socio-linguistic features of speech, dealing with regulative, instructional, interpersonal, and imaginative aspects as functions primarily related to contexts of socialization. In the introductory chapter, Bernstein provides a short developmental autobiography which sets a framework for his papers and in which he defends himself against misinterpretation and misunderstanding of his perspective.

Review

"Bernstein's hypothesis will require [teachers] to look afresh not only at their pupils' language but at how they teach and how their pupils learn." - Douglas Barnes, Times Educational Supplement; "His honesty is such that it illuminates several aspects of what it is to be a genius". - Josephine Klein, British Journal of Educational Studies