Book review
. The Language Trap: Race, Class and the “Standard English” Issue in British Schools [Kay-Shuttleworth Papers on Education, 3]. Kenton, Middlesex, England: National Council for Educational Standards, 1983. 38 pp.
Reviewed by
Thomas Kochman | University of Illinois at Chicago
Published online: 01 January 1985
https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.9.2.16koc
https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.9.2.16koc
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