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Roger Säljö⁰

Roger Säljö
1. Department of Communication Studies, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Language and Communication (SSLAN, volume 23)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages I-IX

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Introduction
1. Introduction
  
  Roger Säljö
  
  Pages 1-10
Literate Conceptions and Conceptions of Literacy
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 11-11
  
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2. On Literacy and the Myth of Literal Meaning
  
  Ragnar Rommetveit
  
  Pages 13-40
3. The Impact of Literacy on the Conception of Language: The Case of Linguistics
  
  Per Linell
  
  Pages 41-58
4. Literacy Practices and Literacy Myths
  
  Brian V. Street
  
  Pages 59-72
5. Language Practices and the Visibility of Language. Reflections on the Great Divide in the Light of Ethiopian Oral Traditions
  
  Karin Aronsson
  
  Pages 73-83
6. Computer Literacy and Procedural Knowledge
  
  Steen Folke Larsen
  
  Pages 84-98
7. Writing, Time and Memory in the Perspective of Socio-cultural Evolution
  
  Arild Lian
  
  Pages 99-119
Literate Practices and Human Cognitive Repertoires
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 121-121
  
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2. Interpreting Texts and Interpreting Nature: The Effects of Literacy on Hermeneutics and Epistemology
  
  David R. Olson
  
  Pages 123-138
3. Learning to Read — Some Possible Consequences for Thinking
  
  Hazel Francis
  
  Pages 139-150
4. Entrance into the “World of Knowledge” — Pre-school Children’s Conceptions of Learning
  
  Ingrid Pramling
  
  Pages 151-160
5. Towards an Anatomy of Academic Discourse: Meaning and Context in the Undergraduate Essay
  
  Dai Hounsell
  
  Pages 161-177
6. A Text and Its Meanings: Observations on How Readers Construe What Is Meant from What Is Written
  
  Roger Säljö
  
  Pages 178-194
7. Insight into Understanding
  
  Erik Jan van Rossum
  
  Pages 195-208
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Pages 209-214

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Editors and Affiliations

Department of Communication Studies, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Roger Säljö

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: The Written World
Book Subtitle: Studies in Literate Thought and Action
Editors: Roger Säljö
Series Title: Springer Series in Language and Communication
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72877-8
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-72879-2Published: 10 January 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-72877-8Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0172-620X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 214
Topics: Psychology, general

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Front Matter

Introduction

Literate Conceptions and Conceptions of Literacy

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Literate Practices and Human Cognitive Repertoires

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Back Matter

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Department of Communication Studies, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

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