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Schleppegrell, Mary J. 2004. The Language of Schooling. A Functional Linguistics Perspective. Routledge. 208 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

discourse analysis | functional linguistics | language of instruction | language use | language variety

Language as a subject

English

Annotation

This work, drawing on actual sociolinguistic and discourse-analytic research, discusses from a functional linguistics perspective how the required English language variety of schooling diverges from students' interactional language use for social purposes outside the school context.