ISBN:
9780415723961
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (203 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Language and Literacy (RLE Linguistics C: Applied Linguistics)
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Literacy ; Social aspects..
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Sociolinguistics
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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 provides a basis for a sociolinguistic theory of literacy. He believes that a systematic theory of literacy must be based on an understanding of a number of factors, such as the relationship between written
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Language and Literacy; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part one The state of the art; 1 The state of the art and some definitions; 1.1 Some potential confusions; 1.2 A note on definitions of reading and literacy; 1.3 The sociolinguistics of literacy; Part two The relations between spoken and written language; 2 Spoken and written language: which is primary?; 2.1 Confusion between spoken and written language; 2.2 The priority of spoken language?; 2.3 The chronological priority of spoken language
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2.4 The social priority of written language2.5 The logical relation between speech and writing; 2.6 A case-study of /h/ and h; 2.7 Conclusions; 3 Some principles of English spelling; 3.1 A functional view of English spelling; 3.2 Writing systems; 3.3 Words, morphemes and morphological alternation; 3.4 The unfortunate example of ghoti; 3.5 -ed as a past tense marker; 3.6 Spelling and learned words; 3.7 Regularity in spelling; 3.8 Spelling and foreign words; 3.9 Incompatible demands on a spelling system; 3.10 Some implications for teaching reading; 3.11 Attitudes to spelling mistakes
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4 Spelling and society4.1 Why has English spelling never been reformed?; 4.2 Checklist of criteria for writing systems; 4.3 A case-study of Ponapean; 4.4 A case-study of Haitian Creole; 4.5 The requirements of typography and machine printing; 4.6 The power of edited print; 4.7 The wider writing community: cultural, political and economic; 4.8 The wider writing community: religious; 4.9 Conclusions; 4.10 The ideal orthography; 5 The functions of written language; 5.1 Children's confusions over the purposes of written language; 5.2 Different limitations and advantages
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5.3 Recording and administrative functions5.4 The intellectual functions of written language; 5.5 The specialization of written language; 5.6 Written text as edited language; 5.7 The relation between speaking and reading aloud; 5.8 Implications for teaching reading and writing; 6 Transcriptions, orthographies and accents; 6.1 Formal features of written and spoken language; 6.2 Words in transcriptions and orthographies; 6.3 Standard and non-standard English and accents; 6.4 Accent differences; 6.5 Non-standard English, accents, and reading ability; 6.6 Conclusions
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Part three Explanations of reading failure7 Initial literacy and explanations of educational failure; 7.1 Possible sources of reading failure; 7.2 Deprivation theory; 7.3 The stages in the debate; 7.4 Stage 1: deprivation theory; 7.5 Stage 2: deprivation theory as fact; 7.6 Stage 3: deprivation as myth; 7.7 Stage 4: myth as fact; 7.8 Conclusions; 8 Summary and conclusions; 8.1 Summary; 8.2 Conclusions; 8.3 Topics for investigation: literacy and classroom practices; Appendix A Symbols used in transcriptions; Appendix B Points and manners of articulation; Suggestions for further reading
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