Literacy : an introduction to the ecology of written language /

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Author / Creator:Barton, David, 1949-
Imprint:Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : Blackwell, 1994.
Description:x, 247 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1576695
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ISBN:0631190899 (alk. paper)
0631190910 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-243) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. An Integrated Approach to Literacy
  • 2. Talking About Literacy
  • 3. The Social Basis of Literacy
  • 4. Literacy Embedded in Language
  • 5. Languages and Literacies
  • 6. Configurations of Language
  • 7. Writing Systems and Other Notations
  • 8. Points in History
  • 9. The Roots of Literacy
  • 10. Emergent Literacy
  • 11. Public Definitions of Literacy
  • 12. School Practices
  • 13. Adults and World Literacy
  • 14. Some Implications of an Ecological View.