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Hymes, Dell H. 1972. Introduction. In Cazden, Courtney B., Vera P. John and Dell H. Hymes, eds. Functions of language in the classroom. Teachers College Press. pp. xi–lvii.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | communicative style | discourse strategy | functions of language | language variety

Language as a subject

English, Black

Annotation

General introduction to a volume on the functions of language in the classroom. It contains sections on varieties of language and verbal repertoire (social and cognitive repertoires, black uses of English) and varieties of communicative strategies.