Social dialect, the semantic barrier, and access to curricular knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2895381 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Corson (University of Wollongong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 213-222 |
| Publication date | 1983-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404500009817 |
| OpenAlex | W2097280202 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper introduces the theory of the lexical bar. It reports research studies conducted in England and Australia. A semantic barrier exists in the English lexicon that emerges from socio-historical factors and is reinforced by the socio-occupational orderings of contemporary society. This barrier separates the lexes of conservative peripheral social dialects from the lexes of dominant central dialects. It serves to produce differential attainment rates in education and to reproduce a social class-based division of labour in English-speaking societies. (Language and thought; language and knowledge; language and education; diachronic linguistics and the sociology of language; the lexes of social dialects; semantic field theory; measures of semantic complexity; the priority of words in meaning; history of English
Epistemology · Lexicon · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Sociology · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Second Language Learning and Teaching
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 1993 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |