# Images of language and learning in mavenry

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2007-01-08-images-of-language-and-learning-in-mavenry

The piece rejects claims of linguistic decline while examining literacy, educational relevance, motivation and the social variability of expression.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 8 January 2007

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Hermeneutic Heretic (web.archive.org)](https://web.archive.org/web/https://hermeneuticheretic.net/2007/01/08/images-of-language-and-learning-in-mavenry/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 8 January 2007
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: language-change, literacy, education, language-learning.

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