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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub.,
©2000.
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| Series: | Studies in written language and literacy ;
v. 9. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 262 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027298669 9027298661 9781556192074 155619207X 9781556192081 1556192088 1282162918 9781282162914 9786612162916 6612162910 |
| ISSN: | 0929-7324 ; |