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Writing and Society : an Introduction.
Explores the functions of writing and written language, analysing its consequences for language, society, economy and politics.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Key topics in sociolinguistics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Illustrations; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The tyranny of writing and the dominance of vernacular speech; Saussure's argument against writing; Bloomfield's argument against writing; Are Saussure's and Bloomfield's arguments still valid?; The social indexicality of linguistic resources; Elaborating the literary dialect; Writing and elaborated code; Definitions; Questions for discussion; 2 The past in the present and the seeds of the public sphere; Writing in the marketplace; Historical depth; Elements of the linguistic landscape; The Codex Hammurabi; The Rosetta Stone.
- The Behistun inscriptionMenetekel; The Taj Mahal; Displacement; Communication with strangers; Questions for discussion; 3 Written and unwritten language; Linguistic resources; Social characteristics of written and unwritten language; Linguistic characteristics of written and unwritten languages; Reduction and expansion; Diglossia; Conclusion; Questions for discussion; 4 Literacy and inequality; Literacy in the public sphere; Social stratification; Race; Gender; Language and ethnicity; Conclusions; Questions for discussion; 5 The society of letters; Written language in institutions.
- Government: letter versus spiritPlain language; Religion: the alpha and the omega; Translation; Schooling: the ABC of writing; Conclusion; Questions for discussion; 6 Writing reform; Writing as a public good; Linguistic aspects of writing reforms; Social aspects of writing reforms; Political aspects of writing reform; Economic aspects of writing reform; Conclusions; Questions for discussion; 7 Writing and literacy in the digitalized world; Language and computer-mediated communication; Quasi-speech; A writing public; From word of mouth to word of mouse; The new economics of writing.
- A transformed public sphereConclusions; Questions for discussion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.