Social class, language and education

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Social class, language and education

by Denis Lawton

(International library of sociology, 116 . Race, class and social structure ; 15)

Routledge, 1998, c1968

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Reprint. 1st published in 1968 by Routledge and Kegan Paul

Bibliography: p. 162-173

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Volume

ISBN 9780415176330

Description

Titles in the Class, Race and Social Structure set of the International Library of Sociology consider every problem of socio-political importance that affected society in the years following the Second World War.

Table of Contents

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
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: set ISBN 9780415178266

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Titles in this highly international set consider every problem of socio-political importance that affected society in the years following the Second World War. This set includes important texts by key social and political theorists including Stanislaw Ossowski, as well as extensive comparative material from China, Palestine, the USA, South Africa and Great Britain. Drawing on important empirical material, titles included here consider in-depth questions of ethnicity, unemployment, immigration, colour prejudice, social mobility, new elites and class formation.

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