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Publication details [#47054]

Cheshire, Jenny, Viv Edwards, B. Weltens and Henk Musterman, eds. 1989. Dialect and Education. Some European Perspectives. (Multilingual Matters). Multilingual Matters. IX+339 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | education | standard1 vs. dialect2

Annotation

This volume presents studies carried out in Belgium, the Netherlands, West Germany, Denmark and the United Kingdom. It discusses classroom initiatives designed to handle possible educational difficulties arising from the link between dialect and standard language.