Language Structure and Reproduction (Routledge Revivals)

<p>Basil Bernstein is one of the most creative and influential of contemporary British sociologists yet his work – especially that relating to language and social structure – is widely misunderstood and misrepresented. This book first published in 1985 addresses the underlying themes and continuities in Bernstein’s work and portrays him as a sociologist in the Durkheimian tradition. This reissue will be of particular value to students interested in the sociology of education language and society anthropological linguistics and communication studies.</p>