Publications

Publication details [#25021]

Heath, Shirley Brice. 1983. Ways with words. Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms. Cambrige UP. xiii + 421 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | interaction | language acquisition | language contact | social status

Annotation

This book discusses the intricate processes of language acquisition and language interaction in a white and black working-class community of the Piedmont Carolinas.

Reviewed by

Graves, William III. 1985. Review of S.B. Heath 1983.