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Publication details [#12690]

Halliday, M.A.K. 1996. Literacy and linguistics: a functional perspective. In Hasan, Ruqaiya and Geoff Williams, eds. Literacy in Society. (Applied linguistics and language study). Longman. pp. 339–376.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

education | linguistics | literacy | sociology

Annotation

The author explores the concept of literacy from a functional linguistic perspective, suggesting this approach provides a valuable complementarity to the view from sociology and the philosophy of education.