Description
Provides a sociolinguistic account of classroom interaction, based on research in an inner-city high school.
About the Author
Ben Rampton is Professor of Applied and Sociolinguistics at Kings College London.
Reviews
Review of the hardback: 'It is difficult to do justice to this book in one review. It is complex, lucidly written ... a major contribution to the field and deserves to be cited as a key text by researchers in cultural studies, sociology, linguistics and education for many years to come.' British Journal of Sociology of Education
Review of the hardback: '...a beautifully realised work of mature scholarship and highly readable ... One could hand the book to a student and say, without much exaggeration, 'Read this, and then follow up the sources, and you will be a fully formed sociolinguist' ... It is a spectacular book.' The Journal of Sociolinguistics
Review of the hardback: '... leads to extremely important insights into leaky boundaries between schools and the wider socio-cultural world, capable of challenging many established assumptions about language in education ...' Language Learning Journal
Review of the hardback: 'Rampton pays critical homage to both Dell Hymes and John Gumperz ... Combining interactional analysis with capacious theoretical argument, Language in Late Modernity exemplifies the best of their tradition of ethnography sociolinguistics ...' Journal of Anthropological Research
Review of the hardback:'In light of the fact that Rampton is fully successful in maintaining this delicate balancing act between the Scylla of constructivism and the Charybdis of essentialism, this is a book that should be required reading for all sociolinguists of whatever ilk.' Belgian Journal of English Language and Literature
Book Information
ISBN 9780521011976
Author Ben Rampton
Format Paperback
Page Count 464
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 680g
Dimensions(mm) 230mm * 155mm * 26mm