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Book Review: The Lexical Bar

Book Review: The Lexical Bar 324 Australian Journal of Education ability in favour of admitting, to professional and socially responsible opportunities, 'under­ represented' groups of people on the basis of their under-representation rather than their mani­ fest level oftalent. This work is essential reading, not only for such influential policy shapers, but for undergraduates and graduates alike who want to take their cognitive studies seriously. PHILIP DE LACEY University of Wollongong The Lexical Bar D. Corson Oxford: Pergamon. 1985. The seminar had been long and hard, and I was enjoying the company of Italian colleagues in a Bologna restaurant, when one of them announced that my English was more difficult to under­ stand than that of Henri Tajfel. Henri was delighted, he was very flattered by this amiable downgrading of a biologically qualified member of the in-group. And I was left wondering. For two days I had exhausted myself keeping my English as basic as possible. Henri had made no such adjustments, not even with rate of delivery. It was a further five years before a similar incident arose in Portugal. On this occasion, however, I came up with a tentative solution. With so much Latin in Portuguese, perhaps I would accommodate them better http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Education SAGE

Book Review: The Lexical Bar

Australian Journal of Education , Volume 31 (3): 3 – Nov 1, 1987

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Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
© 1987 Australian Council for Educational Research
ISSN
0004-9441
eISSN
2050-5884
DOI
10.1177/000494418703100312
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Abstract

324 Australian Journal of Education ability in favour of admitting, to professional and socially responsible opportunities, 'under­ represented' groups of people on the basis of their under-representation rather than their mani­ fest level oftalent. This work is essential reading, not only for such influential policy shapers, but for undergraduates and graduates alike who want to take their cognitive studies seriously. PHILIP DE LACEY University of Wollongong The Lexical Bar D. Corson Oxford: Pergamon. 1985. The seminar had been long and hard, and I was enjoying the company of Italian colleagues in a Bologna restaurant, when one of them announced that my English was more difficult to under­ stand than that of Henri Tajfel. Henri was delighted, he was very flattered by this amiable downgrading of a biologically qualified member of the in-group. And I was left wondering. For two days I had exhausted myself keeping my English as basic as possible. Henri had made no such adjustments, not even with rate of delivery. It was a further five years before a similar incident arose in Portugal. On this occasion, however, I came up with a tentative solution. With so much Latin in Portuguese, perhaps I would accommodate them better

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Published: Nov 1, 1987

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