Letters in a community organisation: a case of powerful literacy Cartas em uma organização comunitária: um caso de letramento poderoso

In this paper I examine discourse in five letters written by executive members of a resident's association in the city of Brasilia, by integrating Critical Discourse Analysis and the New Literacy Studies. These letters were part of a campaign from the association to prevent students of a nearby...

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Main Author: Guilherme Rios
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2005-01-01
Series:DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-44502005000300008