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Bourdieu, Pierre – Langue Francaise, 1977
A sociological critique of language which substitutes the notion of acceptability for grammaticallity; the analogy of symbolic force for communication; the question of the value and power of discourse for meaning; and "symbolic capital," inseparable from the social position of the interlocuter, for purely linguistic competence. (Text is in…
Descriptors: Language, Language Patterns, Language Role, Linguistic Theory

Encreve, Pierre – Langue Francaise, 1977
An introduction to this issue of "Langue Francaise," on the relationship between linguistics, sociolinguistics and sociology. An overview is presented of the research methodology of each of these sciences, the contributions of generative grammar, and the point of view of the linguist, sociolinguist and grammarian. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Language, Language Research, Language Role

Lengyel, Peter, Ed. – International Social Science Journal, 1984
This issue dealing with language discusses language and social structure, social progress and sociolinguistics, oral and literate traditions, Portuguese Creole dialects in West Africa, a framework for describing how languages spread, socio-cultural conflict and bilingual education, linguistic variation in one-language societies, the language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Dialects, Diffusion (Communication), Elementary Secondary Education