Writing Development
An interdisciplinary view
Editor
This volume presents a selection of papers presented at a series of three workshops organized by the Network “Written Language and Literacy” as launched by the European Science Foundation. The main topics making up Writing Development are: (1) Writing and literacy acquisition: Links between speech and writing, with contributions by David R. Olson, Claire Blanche-Benveniste, Emilia Ferreiro, Ruth Berman, Liliana Tolchinsky & Ana Teberosky; (2) Writing and reading in time and culture, with contributions by Collette Sirat, Françoise Desbordes, Harmut Günther, Peter Koch, & Jean Hébrard: (3) Written language competence in monolingual and bilingual contexts, with contributions by Michel Fayol & Serge Mouchon, Georges Lüdi, & Ludo Verhoeven; (4) Writing systems, brain structures and languages: A neurolinguistic view, with contributions by Giuseppe Cossu, Heinz Wimmer & Uta Frith, & Brian Butterworth. The volume heads off with an extensive introduction “Studying writing and writing acquisition today: A multidisciplinary view”.
[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 6] 1997. xxxii, 338 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Studying writing and writing acquisition today: A multidisciplinary view | p. xv
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Part I: Writing and literacy acquisition: Links between linguistics and psycholinguistics
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1. On the relations between speech and writingDavid R. Olson | p. 3
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2. The Unit of Written and Oral LanguageClaire Blanche-Benveniste | p. 21
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3. The Word out of (Conceptual) ContextEmilia Ferreiro | p. 47
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4. Presschool Knowledge of Language: What Five year olds Know about Language Structue and Language UseRuth A. Berman | p. 61
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5. Explicit Word Segmentation and Writing in Hebrew and SpanishLiliana Tolchinsky | p. 77
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Part II: Writing and reading in time and culture
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6. Orality/ Literacy, Languages and Alphabets. Examples from Jewish CulturesColette Sirat | p. 101
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7. The Notion of Orthography. A Latin InheritanceFrançoise Desbordes | p. 117
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8. Aspects of a History of Written Language Processing. Examples from the Roman world and the early Middle AgesHartmut Guenther | p. 129
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9. Orality in Literate CulturesPeter Koch | p. 149
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10. The Graphic Space of the School Exercise Books in France in the 19th-20th centuryJean Hébrard | p. 173
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Part III: Written language competence in monolingual and bilingual contexts
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11. Production and Comprehension of Connectives in the Written Modality. A Study of Written FrenchMichel Fayol | p. 193
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12. Towards a Better Understanding of BiliteracyGeorges Luedi | p. 206
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13. Acquisition of Literacy by Immigrant ChildrenLudo Verhoeven | p. 219
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Part IV: Writing systems, brain structures and languages: a neurolinguistic view
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14. Domain-Specificity and Fractionability of Neuropsychological Processes in Literacy AcquisitionGiuseppe Cossu | p. 243
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15. Reading difficulties among English and German Children. Same Cause — Different ManifestationHeinz Wimmer | p. 259
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16. Neural Organisation and Writing SystemsBrian Butterworth | p. 273
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Analytic index | p. 332
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General