The Uses of Literacy Theory [electronic resource] : The Great Leap and the Rhetoric of Retreat / Beth Daniell.

During the late 1970s, English studies journals began to include various versions of, and proposals built upon, the Great Leap theory of literacy. Advocates of this theory claimed that literacy itself actually caused a "great leap" in human cognition and that the language of literate perso...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Daniell, Beth
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987.
Subjects:	Cognitive Development. Communication (Thought Transfer) Educational History. Epistemology. Literacy. Oral Language. Psycholinguistics. Rhetoric. Writing (Composition) Written Language.