Basic studies on reading.
By: Edited by Harry Levin and Joanna P. Williams.
Contributors: Williams, Joanna P., joint author.; Project Literacy.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Reading -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
"Many ... of the studies were instigated ... by Project Literacy."
Table of contents: title: Phonology and reading, by N. Chomsky.; title: Linguistic forms and the process of reading, by D. W. Reed.; title: Regularity in reading and spelling, by R. L. Venezky.; title: Linguistics and reading: a commentary on chapters 1 to 3, by W. N. Francis.; title: Utilization of spelling patterns by deaf and hearing subjects, by E. J. Gibson, A. Shurcliff, and A. Yonas.; title: Components of literacy: speculations and exploratory research, by J. Hochberg.; title: Three stages of reading, by P. A. Kolers.; title: Grammatical structure and reading, by H. Levin and E. L. Kaplan.; title: Reading by eye, by T. G. R. Bower.; title: First-graders' use of grammatical context in reading, by R.-M. Weber.; title: Psychology and reading: commentary on chapters 5 to 10, by R. Brown.; title: A motivational content analysis of children's primers, by G. E. Blom, R. R. Waite, and S. G. Zimet.; title: The reading of the -ed suffix, by W. Labov.; title: Story retelling: a study of sequential speech in young children, by V. P. John, V. M. Horner, and T. D. Berney.; title: From basic research on reading to educational practice, by J. P. Williams.