Download or read book Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Bilingual Education written by Christina Bratt Paulston and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 1992 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of articles on ethnic bilingualism and bilingual education from a sociolinguistic perspective. It covers theoretical paradigms (primarily structural-functionalism and group conflict theory and the problem formulations in BE typical of the paradigms), practical research methodology and a number of exemplificatory case studies.