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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963921903321

Autore

Corson David

Titolo

Language diversity and education / / David Corson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2001

ISBN

1-135-66299-1

1-138-17274-X

1-282-32459-4

9786612324598

1-4106-0029-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Language and education

Language and languages - Variation

Sociolinguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Language in Social Life and Education; 2 Language, Power, and Social Justice in Education; 3 Different Cultural Discourse Norms; 4 Non-Standard Varieties; 5 Bilingual and English as a Second Language Education; 6 Gender and Discourse Norms; 7 Research Methods for Language Diversity and Education; References; Author Index; Subject Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This introductory text for students of linguistics, language and education provides background, as well as up-to-date information and resources, that beginning researchers need for studying language diversity and education.