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This popular text, now in its fourth edition, unpacks the various dimensions of literacy linguistic and other sign systems; cognitive; sociocultural; and developmental and at the same time accounts for the interrelationships among them. Distinguished by its examination of literacy from a multidimensional and interdisciplinary perspective, it provides a strong conceptual foundation upon which literacy curriculum and instruction in school settings can be grounded.<br /><br />Linking theory and research to practice in an understandable, user-friendly manner, Dimensions of Literacy provides in-depth coverage of the dimensions of literacy, includes demonstrations and hands-on activities, examines authentic reading and writing events that reflect key concepts, and summarizes the concepts in tables and figures.<br /><br />Changes in the Fourth Edition<br /> Addresses academic language, new literacies/multiliteracies, and their relationship to literacy learning<br /> More fully develops the de