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Publication details [#4935]

Horner, Vivian M. and Joan D. Gussow. 1972. John and Mary: A pilot study in linguistic ecology. In Cazden, Courtney B., Vera P. John and Dell H. Hymes, eds. Functions of language in the classroom. Teachers College Press. pp. 155–194.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

black child | education | language ecology | lower class | social inequality

Annotation

Functional analysis of recorded speech behavior of two three-year-old lower-class black children. Implications are formulated concerning the education of disadvantaged children.