Verbal Deficit

A Critique
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-138-35287-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 235 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Sociolinguistics

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gordon, J. C. B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Differential Educational Attainment 2. ‘Classical’ Verbal Deficit Theory 3. Bernstein’s Sociolinguistic Theory 4. Challenges and Alternatives 5. Verbal Deficit Theories in Context. Conclusion and Prospect. Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

J. C. B. Gordon