I've always thought Ebla was only a symptom of a much more widespread literacy in this period.

The procedure depends on the assumption that languages change, in the absence of widespread literacy, at a constant rate.

It was made possible by more widespread literacy, which increased the flow of information.

Now, though widespread literacy has made written English ever more influential, speech sets the standards.

He brought stability and economic development, family planning and widespread literacy and made Indonesia self-sufficient in rice.

Over time, this change-together with changes in Turkey's system of education- would lead to more widespread literacy in the country.

All of these intentionally set obstacles existed in the path of widespread literacy for a people.

He was impressed by the fact that widespread literacy seemed to exist.

Ms. Quinn laments the loss of widespread literacy in poetry.

After all, "the Jews were the only group that had widespread literacy.