Language and Literacy in Social Practice
Published on 22. November 1993
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-85359-216-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains a collection of seminal articles and recent research which are important reading for anyone wanting to understand current theoretical developments within the field of language and literacy studies. The collection reflects a growing recognition over the past decade of the importance of social factors in language and literacy development. The focus has shifted from talking about skills and competences to investigating the relationships between language and literacy practices, personal identities and social and cultural processes. It provides an important resource of classic articles (some of which are not easily obtainable) and up-to-date research for teachers, students and researchers working in language studies, anthropology and education.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Channel View Publications Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
555 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85359-216-4 (9781853592164)
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Content
Preface
Sources
Introduction
PART 1: LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND MEANING
1. Bronislaw Malinowski: The Problem of Meaning in Primitive Languages
2. Dell Hymes: Toward Ethnographies of Communication
3. M.A.K. Halliday: Language as Social Semiotic
4. V.N. Volosinov: Language and Ideology
PART 2: STUDIES OF LANGUAGE PRACTICES
5. Denny Taylor: Family Literacy: Conservation and Change in the Transmission of Literacy Styles and Values
6. Shirley Brice Heath: What No Bedtime Story Means: Narrative Skills at Home and School
7. Mukul Saxena: Literacies Among the Panjabis in Southall (Britain)
8. Michele Sola and Adrian Bennett: The Struggle for Voice: Narrative, Literacy and Consciousness in an East Harlem School
PART 3: LITERACY, CULTURE AND HISTORY
9. Brian V. Street: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Literacy
10. Harvey Graff: The Legacies of Literacy
11. James Paul Gee: Orality and Literacy: From The Savage Mind to Ways With Words
PART 4: THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
12. Michael Stubbs: Educational Language Planning in England and Wales: Multicultural Rhetoric and Assimilationist Assumptions
13. Gauri Viswanathan: The Beginnings of English Literary Study in British India
14. Kathleen Rockhill: Gender, Language and the Politics of Literacy
15. Paulo Freire: The Adult Literacy Process as Cultural Action for Freedom
Sources
Introduction
PART 1: LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND MEANING
1. Bronislaw Malinowski: The Problem of Meaning in Primitive Languages
2. Dell Hymes: Toward Ethnographies of Communication
3. M.A.K. Halliday: Language as Social Semiotic
4. V.N. Volosinov: Language and Ideology
PART 2: STUDIES OF LANGUAGE PRACTICES
5. Denny Taylor: Family Literacy: Conservation and Change in the Transmission of Literacy Styles and Values
6. Shirley Brice Heath: What No Bedtime Story Means: Narrative Skills at Home and School
7. Mukul Saxena: Literacies Among the Panjabis in Southall (Britain)
8. Michele Sola and Adrian Bennett: The Struggle for Voice: Narrative, Literacy and Consciousness in an East Harlem School
PART 3: LITERACY, CULTURE AND HISTORY
9. Brian V. Street: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Literacy
10. Harvey Graff: The Legacies of Literacy
11. James Paul Gee: Orality and Literacy: From The Savage Mind to Ways With Words
PART 4: THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
12. Michael Stubbs: Educational Language Planning in England and Wales: Multicultural Rhetoric and Assimilationist Assumptions
13. Gauri Viswanathan: The Beginnings of English Literary Study in British India
14. Kathleen Rockhill: Gender, Language and the Politics of Literacy
15. Paulo Freire: The Adult Literacy Process as Cultural Action for Freedom