The research in this unique collection lies at the interface between the fields of bilingualism and literacy. It deepens our understanding of the significance of reading and writing as social practices and opens up new lines of inquiry for research on multilingualism. The author…
The linguistics of literacy
by Downing, Pamela, Lima, Susan D.
fromTypological studies in language : (TSL)
"The traditional Western view of writing, from Aristotle down to the present day, has treated the written word as a visual substitute for the spoken word. The eminent Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) was the first to provide this traditional assumption with a rea…
"The traditional Western view of writing, from Aristotle down to the present day, has treated the written word as a visual substitute for the spoken word. The eminent Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) was the first to provide this traditional assumption with a rea…
Two of the most crucial areas of education - the development of oral language and the acquisition of literacy - are examined here with an effective combination of theory and practice. The sociocultural perspective is illustrated through descriptions of learning by populations us…
"The Power of Words examines the struggle for literacy in the linguistically diverse, socially complex, and politically sensitive coastal province of Guangdong in southeastern China between 1949 and 1995. Addressing the Mao Zedong era as well as the profound economic changes of …