1st Edition
Language and Literacy The Sociolinguistics of Reading and Writing
By Michael Stubbs
Copyright 1980
208 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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Despite a vast amount of study, literacy is still a very confused topic, which requires the integration of findings from different areas. Reading and writing are psychological skills, but they are also linguistic skills (since people read and write meaningful language) and social skills (since written language serves particular functions in different societies). In this book Michael Stubbs... Read more
1. The State of the Art 1. The State of the Art and Some Definitions 2. The Relations Between Spoken and Written Language 2. Spoken and Written Language: Which is Primary? 3. Some Principles of English Spelling 4. Spelling and Society 5. The Functions of Written Language 6. Transcriptions, Orthographies and Accents 3. Explanations of Reading Failure 7. Initial Literacy and Explanations of Educational Failure 8. Summary and Conclusions
Biography
Stubbs, Michael
