Reading Acquisition in India : Models of Learning and Dyslexia


Purushottam G. Patel
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
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New Delhi : : SAGE India, , 2004.
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1 online resource (174 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Models; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 - Writing Systems, Scripts, and Orthographies; 2 - Ancient Indian Cultural-Linguistic Heritage; 3 - Some Linguistic Features of Brahmi Scripts; 4 - Emergence of Reading in Language Development; 5 - Cognitive-Linguistic-Neural Processing in Reading; 6 - Aksaras and Current Reading Acquisition Research; 7 - Studies: Language and School Systems; 8 - Children from Mainstream Groups; 9 - Children from Scheduled Groups Living in Outer Areas. - 10 - Children from Scheduled Groups Living in and Around Upper-Class Areas11 - Children from Scheduled Groups: Poor Readers or Dyslexics?; 12 - Conclusion; Glossary; References and Select Bibliography; Subject Index; Author Index; About the Author. - The sixth in the series on Research in Applied Linguistics, this is a ground-breaking study which presents a phonological analysis of Brahmi and its modern derivatives. It closely examines India's ancient cultural-linguistic background, particularly the Vedic Culture of oral tradition, and relates this scholarship to current research and theory in linguistics, neurobehavioral sciences, and special education. The author also provides an empirical understanding of reading acquisition by children with a particular focus on those facing poverty, a toxic environment, and the deprivation associated
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0761932208

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