Literacy and Language Analysis

ISBN 10: 0805809201 / ISBN 13: 9780805809206

Published by Routledge, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Literacy and Language Analysis
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805809201
• ISBN 13: 9780805809206
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This volume investigates the interconnections between language and literacy in terms of the structures of language as well as the linguistic contexts of literacy. The work for this book was generated in order to focus on studies of the acquisition and impact of literacy on traditional assertions of linguistic analysts. The contributors show that claims regarding descriptions of the linguistic competence of native speakers contain phonemic, morphemic, and sentential constructs applicable only to literate language users. They also suggest that syntactic formalities -- elements lacking extensional reference -- are unlikely in the absence of literacy, and that the notions of "sentencehood" and syntactic well-formedness are functions of literacy. Finally, the book reviews the basic notions of literary relativity and the role of literacy in communication and civilization.

About the Author

Scholes, Robert J.