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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Hello David. I haven't
read your paper, but I'd be interested to do so, as no doubt would
others on this list. You seem to be denying that vocabulary size
is related to social class in anglophone countries. At least for
the UK, I thought this relation was accepted as fact. </font>But
maybe I've misunderstood.<br>
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Dick<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 29/04/2015 01:09, Johnson, David C
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255, 255);">This paper aims to outline the misguided
underpinnings of the “word gap” concept promoted by Hart
and Risley (1995). This concept posits that a “30 million
word gap” between children of poverty and those from
affluent households accounts for widespread academic
disparities. Based on this premise, there has been a
recent surge in educational programs that are based on a
deficit view toward the language patterns of families from
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