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Letter writing as a social practice /

This book explores the social significance of letter writing. Letter writing is one of the most pervasive literate activities in human societies, crossing formal and informal contexts. Letters are a common text type, appearing in a wide variety of forms in most domains of life. More broadly, the imp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Barton, David, 1949-, Hall, Nigel, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2000.
Colección:Studies in written language and literacy ; v. 9.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book explores the social significance of letter writing. Letter writing is one of the most pervasive literate activities in human societies, crossing formal and informal contexts. Letters are a common text type, appearing in a wide variety of forms in most domains of life. More broadly, the importance of letter writing can be seen in that the phenomenon has been widespread historically, being one of earliest forms of writing, and a wide range of contemporary genres have their roots in letters. The writing of a letter is embedded in a particular social situation, and like all other types o.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 262 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027298669
9027298661
9781556192074
155619207X
9781556192081
1556192088
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9781282162914
9786612162916
6612162910
ISSN:0929-7324 ;