1896, J[ohn] M[orrison] Reid, J. T. Gracey, “Part XI. Mission to Italy.”, inMissions and the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church[…] In Three Volumes, volume III, New York, N.Y.: Hunt & Eaton; Cincinnati, Oh.: Cranston & Curts, section 7 (Annual Conferences, 1886–1887),page327:
In 1861, out of a total population of 21,777,331, there were no less than 16,999,701 "analphabetes," or persons absolutely unable to read.
1960,Opera, volume11, London: Rolls House Publishing Company,→ISSN,→OCLC, page281:
The governor of a distant province receives a telegram from the Ministry asking how manyanalphabets (illiterates) there are in his area. Neither he nor his colleagues know what ananalphabet is, but as anarchism also begins with 'an' they guess that ananalphabet must be a dangerous enemy of the state, and report that they have only one—the schoolmaster.
The Beckettian progression appears occasionally: while Miss Counihan (static) is an omnivorous reader and Murphy (transitional) a strict non-reader, Cooper is ananalphabete.
As to[Paulo] Freire's methods, we should keep in mind that they were primarily developed to teach adultanalphabets their own language, as a part of a 'conscientization' process.
The porter was ananalphabete, but together / we found your name, down among the Os, / and there you were, my brave love, / in a loose hospital gown that covered nothing;[…]
1989, David Yau-Fai Ho, John A. Spinks, Cecilia Siu-Hing Yeung, editors,Chinese Patterns of Behavior: A Sourcebook of Psychological and Psychiatric Studies, New York, N.Y.; London:Praeger,→ISBN, page380, column 2:
(1) What is the impact of not learning written language on the aphasic semeiology of ananalphabet? (2) How do physiological mechanisms relate to the production of language in ananalphabet? (3) What relationships, if any, can be discerned between an adultanalphabet and the aphasia of a child before learning how to write.
1686,Richard Lassels, “The Description and Voyage of Italy”, inThe Voyage of Italy: Or, A Compleat Journey through Italy. In Two Parts.[…], London: Printed for R. C. J. R. and A. C. and are to be sold by Charles Shortgrave[…],→OCLC, part I,page81:
[…]Vincentius Pinelli’s Books, which after his death, being ſhipped by his Heirs forNaples, and taken by theTurks, were many of them thrown overboard by thoſeAnalphabet Rogues, who looked for other merchandiſe than Books. Yet many of them were recovered again for Money,[…]
1908, John P[rice] Jones, “Islam in India”, inIndia: Its Life and Thought, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company,→OCLC, section III (What is the Character of the Mohammedan Population in India?),page329:
And of the Mohammedan population nearly all the women areanalphabet.
All these love tales are in verse, transmitted up to this day, through countless generations of oral tradition by ananalphabete people with an inborn, unerring sense of art.
The illustrious bookstore has nothing for helping analphabets. The sales assistant looks like a pontificating doctor, and informs Édith that there is a difference betweenanalphabet and illiterate:[…] The two encyclopedias Édith and Gilles have at home do not make any distinction between illiterate andanalphabet.
2016 April 7, Thami J. Khalil,Faith, Growth and Success[1], Bloomington, Ind.:AuthorHouse,→ISBN:
To present myself, I gave the contractor my business card. He gave it twenty seconds of concentrated attention and then passed it to his secretary. The contractor joked that his secretary would give it the high level of attention it deserved. He wasanalphabet. I could have confused the package with the product and rapidly concluded that I had nothing to expect for our business from ananalphabet contractor and gently blow up the meeting. I didn't.
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