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

by Angela Hildyard, Nancy Torrance, David R. Olson, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052126488X
• ISBN13: 9780521264884
• Release Date: April 1985
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"