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Vernacular literacy : a re-evaluation

Title: Vernacular literacy : a re-evaluation / by members of the International group for the study of language standardization and the vernacularization of literacy ; edited by Andrée Tabouret-Keller [and others].
Publication: Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1997.

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xii, 365 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 13

Uniform Title

Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 13.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / R.B. Le Page -- 1. Political and Economic Aspects of Vernacular Literacy / R.B. Le Page -- 2. Social Contexts Conducive to the Vernacularization of Literacy / Lawrence D. Carrington -- 3. Developing Ways of Writing Vernaculars: Problems and Solutions in a Historical Perspective / Philip Baker -- 4. Pedagogical Aspects of Vernacular Literacy / Jeannine Gerbault -- 5. Vernacular Literacy in New Minority Settings in Europe / Penelope Gardner-Chloros -- 6. Literacy in a Pidgin Vernacular / Jean-Michel Charpentier -- 7. Motivations and Attitudes Influencing Vernacular Literacy: Four African Assessments / Ralph W. Fasold -- 8. Tradition, Trial, and Error: Standard and Vernacular Literacy in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia / Anna Kwan-Terry and K.K. Luke -- Conclusion / Andree Tabouret-Keller.

ISBN

0198236352
9780198236351
0198237138
9780198237136

LCCN

97000035

OCLC

ocm36219300
36219300
SCSB-8905530

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Princeton University Library