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The author raises fundamental questions about the nature of language development, the effects of literacy on oral language habits, and the sources of communication problems in schools and workplaces. Heath focuses on two communities, 'Roadville' and 'Tracton', which are only a few miles apart, but the language especially in children are very different.Shirley Brice Heath is the author of 'Ways with Words: Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms (Cambridge Paperback Library)' with ISBN 9780521273190 and ISBN 0521273196.
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