LINGUIST List 21.2752

Tue Jun 29 2010

Books: Sociolinguistics: Fishman

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        1.    Elinor Robertson, European Vernacular Literacy: Fishman
Message 1: European Vernacular Literacy: Fishman
Date: 29-Jun-2010
From: Elinor Robertson <marketingmultilingual-matters.com>
Subject: European Vernacular Literacy: Fishman
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Title: European Vernacular Literacy Subtitle: A Sociolinguistic and Historical Introduction Series Title: New Perspectives on Language and Education Published: 2010 Publisher: Multilingual Matters
                http://www.multilingual-matters.com/

Book URL: http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?isb=9781847692917

Author: Joshua A Fishman Hardback: ISBN: 9781847692924 Pages: 104 Price: U.S. $ 79.95
Hardback: ISBN: 9781847692924 Pages: 104 Price: U.K. £ 44.95
Paperback: ISBN: 9781847692917 Pages: 104 Price: U.K. £ 14.95
Paperback: ISBN: 9781847692917 Pages: 104 Price: U.S. $ 19.95
Abstract:

In this major new text, Joshua Fishman charts the rise of vernacular literacy inEurope, and the major social, economic, religious, political, demographic,educational and philosophical changes that attended it. Following the story upuntil the present day, the book examines the people who became leaders of thegrowth of vernacular literacy in Europe, and looks at how European colonizersviewed vernacular literacy efforts in their current and former colonies. Lookingforward, Fishman discusses how new technology affects vernacular literacy bothnow and in the present, and whether developments in voice and visual mediamean that vernacular literacy will be less important to future generations than itis to us. 'European Vernacular Literacy' is not only a review of well-known factsand theories of the rise of vernacular literacy in Europe, but an attempt toreintegrate and rethink them along new and provocative lines, meaning that thebook will be of interest not only to students of literacy and history but also toscholars interested in Fishman's latest contribution to sociolinguistics.

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics
Written In: English (eng )

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