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ERIC Number: EJ399920
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Literacy and "Traditions."
Gee, James Paul
Journal of Education, v171 n1 p26-38 1989
Proposes that literacy must be judged against social background. Analyzes the racial and social differences in the interpretations of a story by a working-class Black student, a working-class White student, and an upper-class White student. (FMW)
Descriptors: Interpretive Skills, Linguistic Theory, Literacy, Racial Differences, Reading Skills, Social Background, Social Dialects, Social Differences, Sociolinguistics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Note: Special issue with title "Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics: Essays by James Paul Gee."