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Harold Rosen is senior lecturer, Institute of Education, University of London. This is an extended version of a paper delivered at History Workshop No. 6, Ruskin College, Oxford, 5 May, 1972.

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Rosen, H. Language and class: A critical look at the theories of Basil Bernstein. Urban Rev 7, 97–114 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02223234

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