Publications

Publication details [#3661]

Gazdar, Gerald J.M. 1979. Class, 'codes', and conversation. Linguistics 17 (3-4) : 199–211.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversational analysis | social class | sociolect

Person as a subject

Bernstein, B. | Sacks, H.

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/LING/html

Annotation

G. criticizes the theory of 'codes' associated with the work of Basil Bernstein and his associates. He shows that the anecdotal data used to support the theory is better explained with reference to the work done by conversational analysts such as Adato, Sacks and Schegloff.

Reviewed by

Haberland, Hartmut. 1981. Logic won't plug real life gaps: A remark on Gerald Gazdar's 'Class, 'codes' and conversation'.