Scripts and literacy
Subtitle: reading and learning to read alphabets, syllabaries, and characters
By: edited by Insup Taylor and David R. Olson.
Contributors: Taylor, Insup.; Olson, David R., 1935-
Series: Neuropsychology and cognition ;; v. 7; Neuropsychology and cognition ;; 7.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
Subjects: Writing.; Literacy.; Graphemics.; Reading (Early childhood); Reading, Psychology of.
Description: Literacy is a concern of all nations of the world, whether they be classified as developed or undeveloped. A person must be able to read and write in order to function adequately in society, and reading and writing require a script. But what kinds of scripts are in use today, and how do they influence the acquisition, use and spread of literacy? Scripts and Literacy is the first book to systematically explore how the nature of a script affects how it is read and how one learns to read and write it. It reveals the similarities underlying the world's scripts and the features that distinguish how they are read. Scholars from different parts of the world describe several different scripts, e.g. Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indian, Amerindian - and how they are learned. Research data and theories are presented. This book should be of primary interest to educators and researchers in reading and writing around the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Papers presented at a conference held June 1-4, 1988, in Toronto, Canada.