European vernacular literacy : a sociolinguistic and historical introduction / Joshua A. Fishman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fishman, Joshua A.

Series:

New perspectives on language and education.

New perspectives on language and education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Variation--Europe.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching--Europe.

Languages in contact.

Linguistic change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2010.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Chapter 1. Why Has Interest in Languages and Literacies Increased So Much Lately?

Chapter 2. What is a ‘Language’ of Vernacular Literacy?

Chapter 3. The Rise of Vernaculars of Literacy in Europe

Chapter 4. Macro-factors in the Societal Spread of Vernacular Literacy

Chapter 5. Heroes of European Vernacular Literacy

Chapter 6. Micro-factors in the Societal Spread of Vernacular Literacy

Chapter 7. The ‘Literacy Bullies on the Block’

Chapter 8. Vernacular Literacy for What?

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-14753-X

9786613147530

1-84769-293-1

OCLC:

701053922