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Re-reading and rehabilitating Basil Bernstein

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Date
2009
Journal Article
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Bolander, B., & Watts, R. J. (2009). Re-reading and rehabilitating Basil Bernstein. Multilingua, 28(2–3), 143–175. https://doi.org/10.1515/mult.2009.008

Abstract

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Abstract

This article constitutes a re-reading of and an attempt to rehabilitate Basil Bernstein, both of which are important in light of the interpretation of Bernstein as a proponent of the verbal deficit view, and the general discrediting of his work on social class differences in the British educational system, as related to what he later called ‘codes’, by scholars like Jensen (Social class and verbal learning, Holt, 1968) and Labov (The logic of non-standard English, Georgetown University Press, 1970), in particular. Exploring whether th

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  • Bolander, Brook
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  • Watts, Richard J
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28

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2-3

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143

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175

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Keywords

Linguistics and Language, Communication, Language and Linguistics

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Language
English

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Publication date
2009-08

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2013-04-18

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Walter de Gruyter

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0167-8507

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Green

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Bolander, B., & Watts, R. J. (2009). Re-reading and rehabilitating Basil Bernstein. Multilingua, 28(2–3), 143–175. https://doi.org/10.1515/mult.2009.008

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