Posh Talk: Language and Identity in Higher Education

Contents......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Transcription Conventions......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Research ethos......Page 19
The structure of the book......Page 21
Expansion of tertiary education......Page 24
Inequalities in access......Page 26
Black and minority ethnic students......Page 27
Linguistic diversity and widening participation......Page 31
The local context: Millennium University......Page 33
A snapshot of linguistic diversity at Millennium......Page 35
Conclusion......Page 38
Introduction......Page 40
Discourse......Page 41
Discoursing subjects......Page 42
Positioning......Page 43
The theory/practice interface......Page 46
Spoken interactions......Page 48
Communities of practice......Page 50
Conclusion......Page 51
Introduction......Page 53
Skills......Page 54
Socialisation......Page 57
Literacies......Page 62
Conclusion......Page 65
Introduction......Page 68
Presentations of self and fellow undergraduates......Page 69
Representations of academic language and literacy practices......Page 81
Identifications with language......Page 90
Conclusion......Page 95
Introduction......Page 97
Presentations of self and fellow undergraduates......Page 98
Representations of academic language and literacy practices......Page 107
Identifications with language......Page 112
Conclusion......Page 120
Introduction......Page 122
Identification with language......Page 123
Identification with reading......Page 136
Conclusion......Page 151
Introduction......Page 153
Identification with language......Page 154
Identification with reading......Page 168
Conclusion......Page 181
Introduction......Page 183
Performances of gender......Page 184
Orientation to the academic community......Page 186
Towards inclusion......Page 189
Approaches to student writing......Page 194
Attitudes to the perspectives and linguistic repertoires of multilingual learners......Page 198
Final thoughts......Page 204
Notes......Page 206
Bibliography......Page 209
C......Page 222
F......Page 223
L......Page 224
N......Page 225
S......Page 226
W......Page 227