{"product_id":"verbal-deficit-j-c-b-gordon-9781138352872","title":"Verbal Deficit: A Critique","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. C. B. Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 113835287X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138352872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"J. C. B. Gordon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46640670441727,"sku":"9781138352872","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f016bf13-ef64-470c-948a-fd206007fbb9.jpg?v=1740670229","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/verbal-deficit-j-c-b-gordon-9781138352872","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}