xii, 335 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents
Framing the Questions -- Writing and Thought -- Schemes and Designs -- Vai People and Their Script -- Social Context of Literacy -- Doing the Work -- Survey Goals and Methods -- Literacy and Its Characteristics -- Social Correlates of Literacy -- Testing Consequences: Developmental Paradigms -- Does Literacy Substitute for Schooling? -- Literacy and Metalinguistic Knowledge -- Testing Consequences: Functional Paradigms -- Making Sense of Sound and Symbol -- The Written and the Spoken Word -- Communication: Making Meaning Clear -- Studies of Memory -- The Practice of Literacy -- Appendix to Chapter 3: History of the Vai Script -- Appendix to Chapter 5: Reading Tests and Questionnaires -- Appendix to Chapter 6: A Technical Note on Literacy Estimates -- Appendix to Chapter 7: Demographic Characteristics and Factor Analysis Procedures -- Appendix to Chapter 8: Further Information about the Survey Tasks -- Appendix to Chapter 9: Forced-Choice Longest-Word Study
