Theoretical Studies Towards a Sociology of Language

• Part 1 Beginnings; Chapter 1 Some sociological determinants of perception; Chapter 2 A public language: some sociological implications of a linguistic form; Chapter 3 Language and social class; Part 2 Developments; Chapter 4 A review of ‘The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren’; Chapter 5 Linguistic codes, hesitation phenomena and intelligence; Chapter 6 Social class, linguistic codes and grammatical elements; Chapter 7 A socio-linguistic approach to social learning; Part 3 Explorations; Chapter 8 A socio-linguistic approach to socialization: with some reference to educability; Chapter 9 Social class, language and socialization; Chapter 10 A critique of the concept of compensatory education; Chapter 11 On the classification and framing of educational knowledge;

"Bernstein's hypothesis will require [teachers] to look afresh not only at their pupils' language but at how they teach and how their pupils learn." - Douglas Barnes, Times Educational Supplement; "His honesty is such that it illuminates several aspects of what it is to be a genius". - Josephine Klein, British Journal of Educational Studies