Early Spelling From Convention to Creativity

Name: Early Spelling From Convention to Creativity
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ISBN: 9780415180665

ISBN-10: 041518066X

ISBN-13: 9780415180665

Edition: 1999

Authors: Gunther Kress

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Gunther Kress explores how children learn to spell in the context of current concerns about early literacy. He covers problems such as dyslexia, and looks at the impact of multimedia on the processes of learning to spell.

Book details

List price: $70.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 11/11/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.17" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Preface


Sources and context


List of phonetic symbols used in the book


Introduction



So what is spelling?



Routes into spelling



Spelling in a changing world



Why, and why now?



The contemporary debate



Education, literacy and the economy



Spelling



Technology and cultural change



A framework for thinking about the issues



What is this thing called language?



Visible language



Standard language, dialects and spelling



A very brief history of the English language: the illogicality of spelling



Language and spelling



The many meanings of spelling



The commonsense, and a different view: spelling as making meaning



'Copying'



Form as meaning; meaning as form



What do children try to spell?



The boundaries of spelling: making a mark to make a meaning



What gets spelled?



The abstractness of children's spelling



The look of spelling



The sound of spelling



The nature of talking



Doing what comes naturally: losing the sounds of speech



Working against nature: using the tools of culture to make meaning



Making sure the sound is beautiful: spelling for aesthetic effect



Spelling to mean


A brief glossary of terms


Bibliography


Index