Heath, Shirley Brice. Ways with words : : language, life, and work in communities and classrooms / [electronic resource] / Shirley Brice Heath.. — Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : : Cambridge University Press,, 1983.. — xiii, 421 p., [8] p. of plates : : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-414) and index.

Ethnographer learning. The Piedmont : textile mills and times of change -- 'Gettin' on' in two communities -- Learning how to talk in Trackton -- Teaching how to talk in Roadville -- Oral traditions -- Literate traditions -- The townspeople -- Ethnographer doing. Teachers as learners -- Learners as ethnographers -- Epilogue.



ISBN: 0521253349 9780521253345 0521273196 (pbk.) 9780521273190 (pbk.)

LCCN: 82022062

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Children--Language.
Language arts.
Interaction analysis in education.
Community and school.
Estudiantes--Lenguaje.
Enfants--Langage.
Arts du langage.
Interaction en éducation.
Relations école-collectivité
Sociolinguïstiek.
Leerlingen.
Leerkrachten.
Arbeiders.
Lehrer.
Schüler.
Sprache.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
USA.

LC Class. No.: LB1139.L3 / H37 1983

Dewey Class. No.: 372.6 401/.9