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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458028103321

Titolo

The linguistics of literacy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Pamela Downing, Susan D. Lima and Michael Noonan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992

ISBN

1-283-31310-3

9786613313102

90-272-7718-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Collana

Typological studies in language, , 0167-7373 ; ; v. 21

Altri autori (Persone)

DowningPamela

LimaSusan D

NoonanMichael (Michael P.)

Disciplina

302.2/244

Soggetti

Written communication

Oral communication

Language and languages - Orthography and spelling

Psycholinguistics

Literacy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Written language and spoken language compared -- pt. 2. Orthographic systems -- pt. 3. The psychology of orthography -- pt. 4. Consequences of literacy.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume grew out of the Seventeenth Annual University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Linguistics Symposium, which was held in Milwaukee on April 8-10, 1988. The theme of the conference was the relationship between linguistics and literacy. In this volume, a selection of papers are presented which cluster around three of the major themes that developed during the conference: the linguistic differences between written and spoken genres, the relationship between orthographic systems and phonology, and the psychology of orthography. The volume concludes with a solicited paper by Walter J. Ong which dr