Exposing Gaps in/between Discourses of Linguistic Deficits

Autor/inn/en	Johnson, Eric J.; Avineri, Netta; Johnson, David Cassels
Titel	Exposing Gaps in/between Discourses of Linguistic Deficits
Quelle	In: International Multilingual Research Journal, 11 (2017) 1, S.5-22 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1931-3152
DOI	10.1080/19313152.2016.1258185
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Development; Academic Achievement; Language Patterns; Economically Disadvantaged; Language Usage; Family Environment; Discourse Analysis; News Reporting; Research Reports; Language Minorities; Intervention; Misconceptions; Poverty; Language Processing; Health; Sociolinguistics; Language Attitudes; Socialization; Literacy; Figurative Language; Socioeconomic Status + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kognitive Entwicklung; Schulleistung; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Sprachgebrauch; Familienmilieu; Diskursanalyse; News report; Reportage; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Sprachminderheit; Missverständnis; Armut; Sprachverarbeitung; Gesundheit; Soziolinguistik; Sprachverhalten; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	Hart and Risley's (1995) concept of a "word gap" (aka "language gap") is widely used to describe inferior cognitive development and lower academic achievement as by-products of the language patterns of families from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. In recent decades, this line of deficit research has proliferated and caused a surge in public exposure in the media and political realms. In this discussion, we employ critical discourse analysis to illuminate intertextual links across three essential domains of "language gap" discourse: (a) academic research literature, (b) public news media, and (c) institutional narratives. The data are analyzed in terms of interdiscursive connections within and between research articles; news and magazine stories; and institutional documents from academic, political, and philanthropic organizations. Here, we demonstrate how discourses that are generated within a socially insulated "language gap" research paradigm propagate a deficit orientation of linguistic minority communities, problematically validate behavior intervention programs among particular socioeconomic groups, and reify linguistic and cultural misperceptions of traditionally marginalized groups. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01