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Record Nr.

UNISA996248000103316

Autore

Scribner Sylvia <1925->

Titolo

The psychology of literacy / / Sylvia Scribner, Michael Cole

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 1981

ISBN

0-674-72115-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 335 p., [8] p. of plates ) : ill. ;

Altri autori (Persone)

ColeMichael <1938->

Disciplina

401/.9

Soggetti

Vai language

Psycholinguistics

Literacy - Liberia

Vai (African people)

Language and culture - Liberia

Writing

Vai (African people) - Education

Vai (African people) - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. 321-329.

Nota di contenuto

Framing the Questions -- Writing and Thought -- Schemes and Designs -- Vai People and Their Script -- Social Context of Literacy -- Doing the Work -- Survey Goals and Methods -- Literacy and Its Characteristics -- Social Correlates of Literacy -- Testing Consequences: Developmental Paradigms -- Does Literacy Substitute for Schooling? -- Literacy and Metalinguistic Knowledge -- Testing Consequences: Functional Paradigms -- Making Sense of Sound and Symbol -- The Written and the Spoken Word -- Communication: Making Meaning Clear -- Studies of Memory -- The Practice of Literacy -- Appendix to Chapter 3: History of the Vai Script -- Appendix to Chapter 5: Reading Tests and Questionnaires -- Appendix to Chapter 6: A Technical Note on Literacy Estimates -- Appendix to Chapter 7: Demographic Characteristics and Factor Analysis Procedures -- Appendix to Chapter 8: Further Information about the Survey Tasks -- Appendix to Chapter 9: Forced-Choice Longest-Word Study.