ISBN:
9781441131195
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1441131191
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1283271729
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9781283271721
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiii, 267 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
[S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Functionalism (Linguistics)
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Sociolinguistics
;
Language and education
;
Knowledge, Sociology of
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Language and languages
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Social Science
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Electronic books Electronic books
Abstract:
This book explores the nature of knowledge, language and pedagogy from the perspective of two complementary theories: systemic functional linguistics, and Bernstein-inspired sociology. Bernstein's sociology of knowledge makes a distinction between horizontal and vertical discourses as ways in which knowledge is transmitted in institutional settings, with teachers as agents of symbolic control. Systemic functional linguists have explored educational discourse according to similar hierarchies, and by bringing the two perspectives together this book shows the impact of language on knowledge and p
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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