Literacy : An Introduction /
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748616893);Literacy studies is a growing field within applied linguistics, education and media studies. Despite the field's new prominence, current treatments are often weighted towards the propagation of a particular view or approach.This book provid...
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2022]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Introduction
- Part I. The Socio-Economic Nature of Literacy
- Chapter 1. Functional Literacy
- Chapter 2. Critical Literacy
- Chapter 3. From Literacy to Literacies
- Chapter 4. Literacy and Language Choice
- Part II. Sign
- Chapter 5. Understanding Sign
- Chapter 6. Writing
- Chapter 7. Writing through Time
- Chapter 8. The Nature of Writing
- Part III. The Language of Literacy
- Chapter 9. Basic Differences between Speech and Writing
- Chapter 10. Dimensions of Difference between Spoken and Written Language
- Chapter 11. Written Language in Context
- Part IV. Literacy as Mind
- Chapter 12. Social Practice and a Socio-historical Theory of Mind
- Chapter 13. Great Divide Theory
- Chapter 14. Literacy and Patterns of Mind
- Part V. Conclusions
- Chapter 15. The Social Nature of Literacy
- Glossary
- References
- Index