Literacy, rationality, and logic: The historical and developmental origins of logical discourse

Written Language and Literacy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-164

  Olson, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Literacy hypothesis; Literate rationality; Logical discourse; Logical thinking; Metalinguistic judgement; Relational terms; Written register

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864562599     PISSN: 13876732     EISSN: 15706001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/wll.15.2.02ols     Document Type: Article

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