Social Linguistics and Literacies
Ideology in Discourses
2nd Edition
Published on 2. April 1996
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-0-7484-0499-5 (ISBN)
Description
This text attempts to bridge the disciplinary gap between the study of language and literacy, and the study of social theory and critical pedagogy. Topics covered include contemporary, social and cultural approaches to literacy, and key aspects of discourse studies and sociolinguistics.
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Edition
2nd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
498 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7484-0499-5 (9780748404995)
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04/1996
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Person
James Paul Gee Clark University USA.
Content
Part 1 Background: ideology and theory - the moral basis of discourse analysis; literacy - from Plato to Freire; background to the "new literacy studies". Part 2 Introduction to sociolinguistics: language and meaning - humans as choosers and guessers; discourses and society - language caught up in the social world. Part 3 A theory of discourses: discourses and literacies - two theorems; individuals, acts and discourses - humans in the act of making and being made by their discourses.