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Peer reviewedPullum, Geoffrey K. – Journal of Linguistics, 1996
Reviews a collection of essays dedicated to MIT philosopher Sylvain Bromberger by his colleagues in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. The prominent viewpoint emanating from these essays is one of nostalgia. (14 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Essays, Language Patterns, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedHeath, Shirley Brice – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1993
Discusses various responses to the author's book "Ways with Words--Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms" (1983). Describes how these reactions have led the author to see things in the work that she had not seen before. Strengths and weaknesses of the book she identifies have implications for the conduct of future ethnographic…
Descriptors: Books, Cultural Context, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Anthropology
Peer reviewedAssinck, Beverly Belvin – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1993
Responds to "Identity, Metamorphosis, and Ethnographic Research: What Kind of Story Is Ways with Words?" by Suzanne deCastell and Tom Walker (1991). Describes the author's reaction to "Ways with Words--Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms" by Shirley Brice Heath (1983). (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Anthropology, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
