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Publication details [#50064]

Reder, Stephen and Erica Davila. 2005. Context and literacy practices. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 25 : 170–187.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

context | language and culture | language use | literacy

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper addresses progress in resolving conflicts between current conceptions of literacy as a locally situated cultural practices system on the one hand and a broader written language system on the other. The core issues involve the nature and role of context in spoken and written language use.