Social linguistics and literacies
Subtitle: ideology in discourses
By: James Paul Gee.
Series: Critical perspectives on literacy and education
Publisher: Falmer Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Sociolinguistics.; Literacy.; Language and education.; Discourse analysis.
Description: This book begins with a survey of interdisciplinary work in contemporary social and cultural approaches to literacy. The second section goes on to address key aspects of discourse studies and sociolinguistics. Finally, the third section develops a new interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of literacy, discourse and language in educational settings with special reference to cross-cultural diversity. Contents: Part 1: Background Part 2: Introduction to a social linguistics Part 3: A theory of discourses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.