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Vernacular literacy : a re-evaluation / by members of the International group for the study of language standardization and the vernacularization of literacy; edited by Andrée Tabouret-Keller ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 13.
- Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Native language and education.
- Literacy.
- Language and languages--Political aspects.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 365 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- This book contains first-hand information on the history, economics, and politics surrounding literacy issues all over the world. Discussions are supported by case-studies of campaigns to promote vernacular languages, and examples of how people relate to their languages in different cultures. Providing a non-Western perspective, the contributors question traditional notions of the uses of literacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198236352
- 0198237138
- OCLC:
- 36219300
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