Written Language & Literacy

Volume 1, Issue 1 (1998)

1998.  
Publishing status: Available
Table of Contents
Articles
Literate Design in the Discourses of Revolution, Reform, and Transition: Hong Kong and China
Ron Scollon and Suzanne Wong Sgollon
1–39
Definitional and Methodological Problems in the Cross-National Measurement of Adult Literacy: The Case of the IALS
Kenneth Levine
41–61
Literacy in Athapaskan Languages in the Northwest Territories, Canada: For What Purposes?
Barbara Burnaby
63–102
Another Hmong Messianic Script and Its Texts
William Smalley and Nina Wimuttikosol
103–128
Book reviews
Review of Daniels & Bright (1996): The world's writing systems
Reviewed by Richard Sproat
129–137
Review of Günther & Ludwig (1994-96): Schrift und Schriftlichkeit: Ein interdisziplinäres Handbuch internationaler Forschung / Writing and its use: An interdisciplinary handbook of international research & Ehlich, Coulmas & Graefen (1996): A bibliography on writing and written language
Reviewed by William Bright
137–141
Review of Gary Miller (1994): Ancient scripts and phonological knowledge
Reviewed by Peter T. Daniels
141–147
Review of Auerbach, Barahona, Midy, Vaquerano, Zambrano & Arnaud (1996): Adult ESL/literacy from the community to the community: A guidebook for participatory literacy training
Reviewed by Suresh Canagarajah
148–152