Language, Structure and Reproduction (Routledge Revivals)

Basil Bernstein is one of the most creative and influential of contemporary British sociologists, yet his work especially that relating to language and social structure is widely misunderstood and misrepresented. This book, first published in 1985, addresses the underlying themes and continuities in Bernsteins work and portrays him as a sociologist in the Durkheimian tradition. This reissue will be of particular value to students interested in the sociology of education, language and society, anthropological linguistics and communication studies.