ISBN:
9781138853850
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (291 p)
Edition:
5th ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Social Linguistics and Literacies : Ideology in Discourses
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
In its first edition, Social Linguistics and Literacies was a major contribution to the emerging interdisciplinary field of sociocultural approaches to language and literacy, and was one of the founding texts of the 'New Literacy Studies'.This book serves as a classic introduction to the study of language, learning and literacy in their social, cultural and political contexts. It shows how contemporary sociocultural approaches to language and literacy emerged and:Engages with topics such as orality and literacy, the history of literacy, the nature of discourse analysis and social theories of m
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Introduction; 1 Ideology; 2 Meaning; 3 Literacy crises; 4 Literacy as social; 5 Orality and literacy: the great divide; 6 The literacy myth and the history of literacy; 7 The capacities of literacy and Paulo Freire; 8 The New Literacy Studies; 9 Social languages, situated meanings and cultural models; 10 Cultural models/figured worlds in action; 11 Discourse analysis; 12 Discourse analysis: stories go to school; 13 Discourses and literacies; 14 More on (big 'D') Discourses; 15 Language, individuals and Discourses
Description / Table of Contents:
16 Discourses, individuals and performances17 Science and the lifeworld; Conclusion; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
