Social Linguistics and Literacies av James Gee

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<P>In its first edition, <I>Social Linguistics and Literacies</I> was a major contribution to the emerging interdisciplinary field of sociocultural approaches to language and literacy, and was one of the founding texts of the ''New Literacy Studies''.</P><P>This book serves as a classic introduction to the study of language, learning and literacy in their social, cultural and political contexts. It shows how contemporary sociocultural approaches to language and literacy emerged and:</P><UL><P><LI>Engages with topics such as orality and literacy, the history of literacy, the nature of discourse analysis and social theories of mind and meaning </LI><P></P><P><LI>Explores how language functions in a society </LI><P></P><P><LI>Surveys the notion of ''discourse'' with specific reference to cross-cultural issues in communities and schools. </LI><P></P></UL><P>This fifth edition offers an overview of the sociocultural approaches to language and literacy that coalesced into the New Literacy St