Social Class Language and Education

ISBN-13: 9780415176330 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 181 str.

Denis Lawton

Opis

Every problem of socio-political importance that affected society in the years following World War Two are discused in this comprehensive study on Class, Race and Social Structure.

Spis treści

I Social Class and Educational Opportunity: the demographic evidence II Motivation, Sub-culture and Educability III Empirical Evidence on the Relation between Language and Social Background IV Language and Thought V A Critique of Bernstein’s Work on Language and Social Class VI An Experimental Study of the Speech and Writing of some Middle- and Working-class Boys VII Some Proposed Intervention Programmes in the U.S.A. and Great Britain VIII Conclusion

O autorze

Denis Lawton