Bibliograph

European vernacular literacy, a sociolinguistic and historical introduction, Joshua A. Fishman

Type

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European vernacular literacy, a sociolinguistic and historical introduction, Joshua A. Fishman

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

European vernacular literacy

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Joshua A. Fishman

Series statement

New perspectives on language and education

Sub title

a sociolinguistic and historical introduction

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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