European vernacular literacy : a sociolinguistic and historical introduction
- Responsibility
- Joshua A. Fishman.
- Imprint
- Bristol, UK ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2010.
- Physical description
- viii, 90 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
- Series
- New perspectives on language and education.
Access
Education Library (Cubberley)
Stacks
| Call number | Status |
|---|---|
| PE2751 .F54 2010 |
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Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Fishman, Joshua A.
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- 1. Why has interest in languages and literacies increased so much lately? 2. What is a "language" of vernacular literacy? 3. The rise of vernaculars of literacy in Europe 4. Macro-factors in the societal spread of vernacular literacy 5. Heroes of European vernacular literacy 6. Micro-factors in the societal spread of vernacular literacy 7. The "literacy bullies on the block" 8. Literacy for what purpose?
- (source: Nielsen Book Data)9781847692924 20160604
- Publisher's Summary
- In this major new text, Joshua Fishman charts the rise of vernacular literacy in Europe, and the major social, economic, religious, political, demographic, educational and philosophical changes that attended it. Following the story up until the present day, the book examines the people who became leaders of the growth of vernacular literacy in Europe, and looks at how European colonizers viewed vernacular literacy efforts in their current and former colonies. Looking forward, Fishman discusses how new technology affects vernacular literacy both now and in the present, and whether developments in voice and visual media mean that vernacular literacy will be less important to future generations than it is to us. 'European Vernacular Literacy' is not only a review of well-known facts and theories of the rise of vernacular literacy in Europe, but an attempt to reintegrate and rethink them along new and provocative lines, meaning that the book will be of interest not only to students of literacy and history but also to scholars interested in Fishman's latest contribution to sociolinguistics.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)9781847692924 20160604
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Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2010
- Series
- New perspectives on language and education
- ISBN
- 9781847692924 (hbk.)
- 1847692923 (hbk.)
- 9781847692917 (pbk.)
- 1847692915 (pbk.)
- 9781847692931 (ebook)
- 1847692931 (ebook)
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