Literacy, Language and Learning:The Nature and Consequences of Reading and Writing - Softcover

Olson, David R.; Torrance, Nancy; Hildyard, Angela

 
9780521319126: Literacy, Language and Learning:The Nature and Consequences of Reading and Writing
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521319129 ISBN 13: 9780521319126
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1985

Synopsis

Literacy is an important concern of contemporary societies. This book offers a comprehensive survey of recent efforts to understand the nature of written language and its role in cognition and in social and intellectual life. The authors represent a wide range of disciplines - cognitive psychology, linguistics, anthropology, sociology, education, history and philosophy - and address a wide range of questions. Is literacy a decisive factor in historical and cultural change? Does it alter the mental and social lives of individuals? If so how and via what mechanisms? Does learning to read and write change children's speech, thought or orientation to language? What are children and adults learning when they acquire literate skills? Are there differences - linguistic, psychological and functional - between speaking and writing? And are there differences between oral and written languages?

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1985
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521319129
ISBN 13 
9780521319126
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
448

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