Publications

Publication details [#47151]

Patel, Purushottam G. 2004. Reading Acquisition in India. Models of Learning and Dyslexia. (Research in Applied Linguistics Series). SAGE Publications. 172 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

dysfluency | language acquisition | language and culture | reading, L1-acquisition of | social status

Language as a subject

Brahmi

Annotation

This phonological study of reading acquisition in Brahmi (and its modern derivatives) in multilingual India, uses a multidisciplinary perspective to explain how poverty and environmental toxicity affect reading acquisition among deprived children.