Researching Language and Literacy in Social Context

This volume shows how experienced researchers have approached investigations of talk or reading and writing behaviour and what they have discovered about the social and cultural embeddedness of language and literacy practices.

About the author

David Graddol, Janet Maybin and Barry Stierer are members of the Centre for Language and Communications, School of Education at The Open University.

Product details

• Assisted by: Graddol (Editor), David Graddol (Editor), Janet Maybin (Editor), Barry Stierer (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.11.1993
• EAN: 9781853592218
• ISBN: 978-1-85359-221-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 231 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: Open University Books
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics