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To authenticate to the full-text of this article, please visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-4446.2009.01240.x Byline: Basil Bernstein

A study of oppositional codes in working class communications has been criticized for its use of two level stratification in defining the social class which was the object of study. The concept codes used in the study were defined by dominant/dominated meanings expressed in the language used by working class children when referring to members of other social classes. The oppositional codes were also defined by their relation to modes of transmission and acquisition.