Language and Literacy in Social Practice

By: Janet Maybin (Editor)

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Paperback | 22 November 1993

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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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Preface
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Introduction
Language, Culture, and Meaning
The Problem of Meaning in Primitive Languages	p. 1
Toward Ethnographies of Communication	p. 11
Language as Social Semiotic	p. 23
Language and Ideology	p. 44
Studies of Language Practices
Family Literacy: Conservation and Change in the Transmission of Literacy Styles and Values	p. 58
What No Bedtime Story Means: Narrative Skills at Home and School	p. 73
Literacies Among the Panjabis in Southall (Britain)	p. 96
The Struggle for Voice: Narrative, Literacy and Consciousness in an East Harlem School	p. 117
Literacy, Culture and History
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Literacy	p. 139
The Legacies of Literacy	p. 151
Orality and Literacy: From The Savage Mind to Ways With Words	p. 168
The Politics of Language and Literacy
Educational Language Planning in England and Wales: Multicultural Rhetoric and Assimilationist Assumptions	p. 193
The Beginnings of English Literary Study in British India	p. 215
Gender, Language and the Politics of Literacy	p. 233
The Adult Literacy Process as Cultural Action for Freedom	p. 252
Index	p. 264
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