European Vernacular Literacy: A Sociolinguistic and Historical Introduction (New Perspectives on Language and Education)

Fishman, Prof. Joshua A.

ISBN 10: 1847692915 / ISBN 13: 9781847692917

Published by Multilingual Matters, 2010

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pp. 104.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: European Vernacular Literacy: A Sociolinguistic and Historical Introduction (New Perspectives on Language and Education)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847692915
• ISBN 13: 9781847692917
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Joshua A. Fishman is retired Emeritus Distinguished University Research Professor (Yeshiva University and Stanford University) and a frequent award recipient, lecturer, and publisher. He is also the co-founder of the field of sociolinguistics and founding editor of The International Journal of the Sociology of Language.