new book language acquisition literacy development multilingual context cross cultural perspectives edited aydin durgunoglu university minnesota duluth ludo verhoeven university nijmegen netherlands volume explores use literacy outside mainstream different contexts throughout world divided four parts first section presents anthropological perspective analyzing society individual society second presents psychological perspective focusing individuals analyzing cognitive affective development young children acquire literacy first second languages third presents educational perspective highlighting variations educational approaches different societies well outcomes approaches final section summarizes studies presented volume theoretical issues educational implications related development literacy two languages discussed attempt also made open new directions study literacy development multilingual contexts bringing various disciplinary perspectives together 08058 2442 1 cloth 1998 328pp 75 00 08058 2443 x paper 1998 328pp 36 00 lawrence erlbaum associates inc orders erlbaum com