The Written World Studies in Literate Thought and Action

The Written World: Introduction.- 1 Literate Conceptions and Conceptions of Literacy.- 1 On Literacy and the Myth of Literal Meaning.- 2 The Impact of Literacy on the Conception of Language: The Case of Linguistics.- 3 Literacy Practices and Literacy Myths.- 4 Language Practices and the Visibility of Language. Reflections on the Great Divide in the Light of Ethiopian Oral Traditions.- 5 Computer Literacy and Procedural Knowledge.- 6 Writing, Time and Memory in the Perspective of Socio-cultural Evolution.- 2 Literate Practices and Human Cognitive Repertoires.- 7 Interpreting Texts and Interpreting Nature: The Effects of Literacy on Hermeneutics and Epistemology.- 8 Learning to Read — Some Possible Consequences for Thinking.- 9 Entrance into the “World of Knowledge” — Pre-school Children’s Conceptions of Learning.- 10 Towards an Anatomy of Academic Discourse: Meaning and Context in the Undergraduate Essay.- 11 A Text and Its Meanings: Observations on How Readers Construe What Is Meant from What Is Written.- 12 Insight into Understanding.- Author Index.