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The Psychology of Literacy

by Sylvia Scribner

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Cole Michael : Michael Cole is Professor of Communication and Psychology and Director of the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition at the University of California, San Diego.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Anthropology, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature
DDC/MDS: 401.9 — Language Language Philosophy and theory; international languages Psychological principles, language acquisition, speech perception
LCC: P35.5 .L5 .S3 — Language and Literature Philology. Linguistics General
BISAC: PSY PSYCHOLOGY General

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Published: 1981
Genres: Nonfiction, Anthropology, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature
DDC/MDS: 401.9
LCC: P35.5 .L5 .S3

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