CLASS, LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION: Class Struggle and Sociolinguistics in an African Situation
CLASS, LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION: Class Struggle and Sociolinguistics in an African Situation
Author(s): H.E. Newsum (Ikechukwu Okafor) (HARDCOVER)
Edited By H.E. Newsum (Ikechukwu Okafor) (HARDCOVER)
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Type: Book
Language: English
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Content:: Non Academic
Source: African World Press
Timeline: The Contemporary Age - From 1789 to 2011
Published: 2019
Description
Class, Language and Education is a discussion about complex social forces that shape society and are responsible for the divisiveness and antagonism in a class system. The author's analysis supports Basil Bernstein's (1972) observation that "One of the effects of the class system is to limit access to elaborated codes." According to Newsum, mainstream...
