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<journal-id>1413-2478</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Brasileira de Educação]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Bras. Educ.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1413-2478</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[ANPEd - Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Educação]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1413-24781995000100002</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Língua escrita, sociedade e cultura: relações, dimensões e perspectivas]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Written language, society and culture: connections, dimensions and perspectives]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Soares]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Magda Becker]]></given-names>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>1995</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>1995</year>
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<numero>00</numero>
<fpage>05</fpage>
<lpage>16</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1413-24781995000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1413-24781995000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://educa.fcc.org.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1413-24781995000100002&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[O artigo faz uma revisão da literatura internacional sobre os conceitos de alfabetismo e analfabetismo, considerando os elos entre escrita, sociedade e cultura, dos pontos de vista sincrônico e diacrônico. Examina as dimensões individuais e sociais do alfabetismo, estabelecendo distinções entre os processos de ler e escrever; discute os problemas envolvidos no estabelecimento de critérios para definir o alfabetismo analisa a concepção de alfabetismo funcional e as demais tendências na abordagem do tema; finalmente, enumera as diversas perspectivas existentes sobre o nalfabetismo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[The article reviews international literature regarding concepts of literacy and illiteracy, considering links with writing, society and culture from a synchronic and diachronic viewpoint. It examines individual and social dimensions of literacy, discusses problems involved in establishing criteria to define literacy, analyzes the concept of functional literacy and other tendencies related to the theme and, finally, lists perspectives regarding illiteracy.]]></p></abstract>
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</front><body><![CDATA[  <h2><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">L&iacute;ngua escrita, sociedade e cultura: rela&ccedil;&otilde;es, dimens&otilde;es e perspectivas</font>.</h2> <h3><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Written language, society and  culture: connections, dimensions    and perspectives.</font></h3>     <p>&nbsp;</p> <h4><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Magda Becker Soares    <br> </font></h4>      ]]></body>
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