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Tyranny of writing : ideologies of the written word /

"This book examines the powerful role of writing in society. The invention of writing, independently at various places and times in history, always stood at the cradle of powerful civilizations. It is impossible to imagine modern life without writing. As individuals and social groups we hold hi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Weth, Constanze (Editor ), Juffermans, Kasper (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
Colección:Advances in sociolinguistics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Revisiting the ̀Tyranny of Writing' / Florian Coulmas
  • 2. How to Write a Birch-Bark Letter: Vernacular Orthography in Medieval Novgorod / Daniel Buncic
  • 3. End of the Standard Language: The Rise and Fall of a European Language Culture / Joop van der Horst
  • 4. Tyranny of Orthography: Multilingualism and Frenchification at Primary Schools in Late-Nineteenth-Century France / Manuela Bohm
  • 5. Ideologies of Language and Literacy in the German Educational Reform Movement at the End of the Long Nineteenth Century / Ulrich Mehlem
  • 6. When God is a Linguist: Missionary Orthographies as a Site of Social Differentiation and the Technology of Location / Sinfree Makoni
  • 7. Standard English, Cricket, Nationalism and Tyrannies of Writing in Sri Lanka / Harshana Rambukwella
  • 8. Escaping the Tyranny of Writing: West African Regimes of Writing as a Model for Multilingual Literacy / Friederike Lupke
  • 9. Writing Chinese: A Challenge for Cantonese-L1 and South Asian Hongkongers / David C.S. Li
  • 10. Fangyan and The Linguistic Landscapes of Authenticity: Normativity and Innovativity of Writing in Globalizing China / Xuan Wang
  • 11. Dialect Authenticity Upside Down: Brabantish Writing Practices of a Black Comedian on Twitter / Jos Swanenberg
  • 12. Salty Politics and Linguistics in the Balearic Islands: Tracing a Non-Standard Iconization in Metalinguistic Facebook Communities / Lucas Duane.