HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON WRITING HISTORY, SOCIETY, SCHOOL, INDIVIDUAL, TEXT Edited by CHARLES BAZERMAN University of California, Santa Barbara Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Taylor & Francis Croup New York London
Contents Advisory Board Preface Acknowledgments List of Contributors ix xi xiii xv Introduction 1 I. HISTORY OF WRITING 5 1. Origins and Forms of Writing, 7 Denise Schmandt-Besserat and Michael Erard 2. History of Writing Technologies 23 Brian Gabrial 3. History of Typography 35 David Jury 4. History of the Book, Authorship, Book Design, and Publishing 65 David Finkelstein 5. History of Reflection, Theory, and Research on Writing 81 Paul A. Prior and Karen ]. Lunsford II. WRITING IN SOCIETY 97 6. Writing and the Social Formation of Economy 103 Graham Smart 7. On Documentary Society 113 Dorothy E. Smith and Catherine F. Schryer 8. Writing, Text, and the Law 129 Peter Tiersma 9. Writing and Secular Knowledge Apart From Modern European Institutions 143 Charles Bazerman and Paul Rogers 10. Writing and Secular Knowledge Within Modern European Institutions 157 Charles Bazerman and Paul Rogers 11. The Collection and Organization of Written Knowledge 177 Jack Andersen 12. Writing as Art and Entertainment 191 Patrick Colm Hogan v
Vi CONTENTS 13. Writing and Journalism: Politics, Social Movements, and the Public Sphere 205 Martin Conboy 14. Writing in the Professions 221 Anne Beaufort 15. History of Writing in the Community 237 Ursula Howard 16. Writing, Gender, and Culture: An Interdisciplinary Perspective 255 Mary P. Sheridan-Rabideau 17. Writing and Social Change 269 Brenton Faber III. WRITING IN SCHOOLING 281 18. History of Schools and Writing 283 David R. Olson 19. Writing in Primary School 293 Pietro Boscolo 20. Writing in Secondary Schools 311 George Hillocks 21. Teaching of Writing in Higher Education 331 Richard H. Haswell 22. Teaching of Writing and Writing Teachers Through the Ages 347 Duane Roen, Maureen Daly Goggin, and Jennifer Clary-Lemon 23. Construct and Consequence: Validity in Writing Assessment 365 Sandra Murphy and Kathleen Blake Yancey 24. Teaching of Writing and Diversity: Access, Identity, and Achievement 387 John Albertini IV. WRITING AND THE INDIVIDUAL 399 25. Development of Writing Abilities in Childhood 401 Deborah Wells Rowe 26. Defining Adolescent and Adult Writing Development: A Contest of Empirical and Federal Wills 421 Julie Cheville and Margaret Finders 27. The Reading-Writing Nexus in Discourse Research 435 Nancy Nelson 28. Writing and Cognition: Implications of the Cognitive Architecture for Learning to Write and Writing to Learn 451 Deborah McCutchen, Paul Teske, and Catherine Bankston
CONTENTS vii 29. Writing and Communication Disorders Across the Life Span 471 Julie A. Hengst and Cynthia J. Johnson 30. Writing as Physical and Emotional Healing: Findings From Clinical Research 485 Jessica Singer and George H. S. Singer 31. Identity and the Writing of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students 499 Arnetha F. Ball and Pamela Ellis 32. Multilingual Writing Development 515 Dwight Atkinson and Ulla Connor V. WRITING AS TEXT 533 33. Writing and Speaking 535 Douglas Biber and Camilla Vdsquez 34. Grammar, the Sentence, and Traditions of Linguistic Analysis 549 Mary J. Schleppegrell 35. Form, Text Organization, Genre, Coherence, and Cohesion 565 Christine M. Tardy and John M. Swales 36. Persuasion, Audience, and Argument 583 Carolyn R. Miller and Davida Charney 37. Seeing the Screen: Research Into Visual and Digital Writing Practices 599 Anne Frances Wysocki Author Index 613 Subject Index 641
CONTENTS vii 29. Writing and Communication Disorders Across the Life Span 471 Julie A. Hengst and Cynthia J. Johnson 30. Writing as Physical and Emotional Healing: Findings From Clinical Research 485 Jessica Singer and George H. S. Singer 31. Identity and the Writing of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students 499 Arnetha F. Ball and Pamela Ellis 32. Multilingual Writing Development 515 Dwight Atkinson and Ulla Connor V. WRITING AS TEXT 533 33. Writing and Speaking 535 Douglas Biber and Camilla Vdsquez 34. Grammar, the Sentence, and Traditions of Linguistic Analysis 549 Mary J. Schleppegrell 35. Form, Text Organization, Genre, Coherence, and Cohesion 565 Christine M. Tardy and John M. Swales 36. Persuasion, Audience, and Argument 583 Carolyn R. Miller and Davida Charney 37. Seeing the Screen: Research Into Visual and Digital Writing Practices 599 Anne Frances Wysocki Author Index 613 Subject Index 641