Inequalities and crossings: Literacy and the spaces-in-between (original) (raw)

This paper explores literacy inequalities through the lens of recontextualisation and transcontextual analysis, building on Blommaert's insights into the loss of function of discourse forms in different environments. It critiques established literacy ideologies and proposes a shift towards understanding literacy as part of a broader set of semiotic resources, emphasizing the importance of participants' purposes in meaning-making. The focus is on everyday texts and their roles in constructing social practices, suggesting a horizontal rather than vertical approach to sociolinguistic scale in literacy research.