Literacy is a concern of all nations of the world, whether they be
classified as developed or undeveloped. A person must be able to read
and write in order to function adequately in society, and reading and
writing require a script. But what kinds of scripts are in use today,
and how do they influence the acquisition, use and spread of literacy?
Scripts and Literacy is the first book to systematically explore how
the nature of a script affects how it is read and how one learns to read
and write it. It reveals the similarities underlying the world's scripts
and the features that distinguish how they are read.
Scholars from different parts of the world describe several different
scripts, e.g. Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indian Amerindian -- and how
they are learned. Research data and theories are presented.
This book should be of primary interest to educators and researchers in
reading and writing around the world.