Institutt for kultur- og språkvitenskap
Universitetet i Stavanger
Here is a list of the necessary readings for this seminar. You are required to use further publications for your coursework.
The main textbooks are:
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Barton, David. 2007. Literacy: An Introduction to the Ecology of Written Language. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell, chs. 1-8 (pp. 1-130).
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Cook, Vivien. 2004. The English Writing System. London: Arnold, excluding chs. 3.3-3.4 & 5 (pp. 68-88 & 121-148).
Other publications indicated in the schedule and available in the compendium are:
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Brandt, Deborah. 2002. 'Reading, Writing and Wealth in the New Economy'. A Lecture Presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Writing and the Literacy & Rhetorical Studies Minor. Speaker Series 21. available here
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Clanchy, Michael. 1993. From Memory to Written Record. 2nd edn. Chapters 6-8 (pp. 185-252). Oxford: Blackwell.
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Coulmas, Florian. 1989. 'What Writing Is All about'. In his The Writing Systems of the World, pp. 3-17. Oxford: Blackwell.
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Graddol, David. 1996. 'English Manuscripts: the Development of a Visual Identity'. In David Graddol, Dick Leith and Joan Swann (eds.), English: History, Diversity and Change, pp. 41-94. London: Routledge.
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Hughes, Rebecca. 1996. 'Properties of Speech and Writing'. In her English in Speech and Writing, pp. 1-36. London: Routledge.
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Laqueur, Thomas. 1976. 'The Cultural Origins of Popular Literacy in England 1500-1850'. Oxford Review of Education 2, 255-275.
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Orme, Nicholas. 2006. 'The Tower of Learning'. In his Medieval Schools: from Roman Britain to Renaissance England, pp. 53-85. London: Yale University Press.
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Smith, Jeremy J., and Merja Stenroos. 2016. 'Changing Functions: English Spelling before 1600'. In Vivian Cook and Des Ryan (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the English Writing System, pp. 125-141. London: Routledge.
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Swales, John. 1990. Genre Analysis: English in Academic and Research Settings, Chapters 2-3 (pp. 21-67). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Wheale, Nigel. 1999. Writing and Society: Literacy, Print and Politics in Britain 1590-1660, Chapter 3 (pp. 40-54). London: Routledge.
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