Literacy and achivement in the Ancient World

Chapters in this book

1. I-VIII I
2. Introduction 1
3. Part One. Linguistic aspects of writing
4. Determining the level of a script 15
5. Writing systems and written language 31
6. Double articulation in writing 45
7. Writing system and morphology. Some orthographic regularities of German 63
8. Part Two. Historical aspects of writing
9. Literacy and achivement in the Ancient World 83
10. Development of writing as social problem solving 99
11. Decipherment of forgotten writing systems: Two different approaches 131
12. Reconstructing the phonology of dead languages 157
13. Autochthonous American writing systems: The Aztec and Maya examples 167
14. Le développment d’un alphabet national dans une communauté multilingue 187
15. Adult literacy in a context of cultural revolution: Structural parallels of the literacy process in sixteenth-century Germany and present-day Bénin 209
16. Tradition and innovation in alphabet making 227
17. Writing and literacy in China 239
18. Part Three. Psychological aspects of writing
19. The development of writing: Communication and cognition 257
20. The development of literacy: A complex psychological problem 277
21. Literacy and the comprehension and expression of literal meaning 291
22. Teaching written language as a first language to a deaf boy 327
23. The role of meaning and linearity in reading 355
24. Polarization of reading performance 371
25. Index of subjects 393
26. Index of names 401