Vernacular Literacy - A Re-Evaluation (Hardcover, New)

Illiteracy problems are worldwide, and growing. Political and economic factors are often in conflict over which language to use for basic education and how it should be taught. There is increasing pressure on the resources available for using literacy in coping with the rapid population increase, the spread of disease, and poor development. The editiors and contributors to this volume are members of The International Group for the Study of Language Standardization and the Vernacularization of Literacy (IGLSVL), with personal experience of literacy and language problems in the second half of the 20th century. The contributors take the UNESCO publication, "The Use of Vernacular Languages in Education", as their starting point. This was published in 1953 and was optimistic about the future of literacy. The contributors assess the nature and significance of the events that have taken place since then, providing a global overview. The discussions are supported by case-studies of campaigns to promote vernacular languages and examples of how people relate to their languages in different cultures. Most importantly, they question traditional notions of, and provide a non-Western perspective

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, 13
Release date:	September 1997
First published:	November 1997
Editors:	Andree Tabouret-Keller (Professor) • R.B.Le Page (Professor Emeritus of Language and Linguistics) • Penelope Gardner-Chloros (Lecturer in Linguistics) • Gabrielle Varro (Research Scholar)
Dimensions:	242 x 162 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	380
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-823635-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Literacy Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Lexicography Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-823635-2
Barcode:	9780198236351

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