An Exploration of the Foundation of Basil Bernstein’s Sociology of Language and Its Theoretical Significance

HU An-qi; WANG Qing-xia

Jun. 2021

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HU An-qi, WANG Qing-xia. An Exploration of the Foundation of Basil Bernstein’s Sociology of Language and Its Theoretical Significance[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2018, 34(5): 14-19.

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HU An-qi, WANG Qing-xia. An Exploration of the Foundation of Basil Bernstein’s Sociology of Language and Its Theoretical Significance[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2018, 34(5): 14-19.

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An Exploration of the Foundation of Basil Bernstein’s Sociology of Language and Its Theoretical Significance

HU An-qi¹,
WANG Qing-xia²

1. School of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China;
2. School of Foreign languages, Xinhua College of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510520, China

Received Date: 2018-06-11
Available Online: 2021-06-01

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Abstract

This paper is going to explore the theoretical foundation of Basil Bernstein’s sociology of language. The study shows that Bernstein’s early language investigation is based on Systemic Functional Linguistics which sets an overall framework for his linguistic code research. A “cultural turn” is taken within the notion of “code” with the insights from American anthropologists and Vygotsky’s cultural-historical psychology. Later, George Mead’s symbolic interactionism and Durkheim’s social labor division theory help Bernstein develop his linguistic study to the construction of his pedagogic discourse theory. Bernstein’s interdisciplinary study on language is one of the outcomes of the “linguistic turn” in sociology in the 20th century, building a bridge between linguistics, psychology and sociology for the study of language/discourse as well as the inter-relationship among language, mind and reality.
- Basil Bernstein,
- sociology of language,
- theoretical foundation,
- Systemic Functional Linguistics

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