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Language and literacy in social practice : a reader
- Title
- Language and literacy in social practice : a reader / edited by Janet Maybin.
- Publication
- Clevedon, Avon, England ; Philadelphia : Multilingual Matters Ltd. in association with the Open University, ©1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | LC149 .L23 1994 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 271 pages; 24 cm
- Alternative Title
- Language and literacy in social context
- Subject
- Literacy > Social aspects
- Sociolinguistics
- Language and languages > Study and teaching > Social aspects
- Functional literacy
- Educational anthropology
- Sociolinguistique
- Langage et langues > Étude et enseignement > Aspect social
- Alphabétisation fonctionnelle
- Anthropologie et éducation
- sociolinguistics
- Verbal communication
- Note
- "Compiled as a part of an Open University MA course called E825: Language and literacy in social context"--CIP preface.
- "Language and literacy in social context."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. Language, culture, and meaning. The problem of meaning in primitive languages / Bronislaw Malinowski ; Toward ethnographies of communication / Dell Hymes ; Language as social semiotic / M.A.K. Halliday ; Language and ideology / V.N. Volosinov -- pt. 2. Studies of language practices. Family literacy : conservation and change in the transmission of literacy styles and values / Denny Taylor ; What no bedtime story means : narrative skills at home and school / Shirley Brice Heath ; Literacies among the Panjabis in Southall (Britain) / Mukul Saxena ; The struggle for voice : narrative, literacy and consciousness in an East Harlem School / Michele Sola and Adrian Bennett -- pt. 3. Literacy, culture and history. Cross-cultural perspectives on literacy / Brian V. Street ; The legacies of literacy / Harvey Graff ; Orality and literacy : from the savage mind to ways with words / James Paul Gee -- pt. 4. The politics of language and literacy. Educational language planning in England and Wales : multicultural rhetoric and assimilationist assumptions / Michael Stubbs ; The beginnings of English literary study in British India / Gauri Viswanathan ; Gender, language and the politics of literacy / Kathleen Rockhill ; The adult literacy process as cultural action for freedom / Paulo Freire.
- ISBN
- 1853592153
- 9781853592157
- 1853592161
- 9781853592164
- LCCN
- 93029932
- OCLC
- ocm28632796
- 28632796
- SCSB-2004275
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library