{"product_id":"verbal-deficit-1","title":"Verbal Deficit","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1981. Verbal deficit theories try to account for differential educational attainments in linguistic terms, suggesting that children reach varying levels of success in school as a result of their ability or inability to express themselves, and relate this to social class. This critique considers such theories, especially in the form propounded by Bernstein, primarily from a sociolinguistic viewpoint but with special attention to the historical and educational context behind the theories. It claims that verbal deficit theories are not only unscientific and non-linguistic, but are educationally damaging as well, and proposes instead a linguistic ‘difference’ theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262761750872,"sku":"9781138352872","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138352872_7c86dc30-db5c-4eb3-8e75-b32ed1e21bf6.jpg?v=1770308132","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/verbal-deficit-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}