ISBN:
9780826479242
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (271 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Continuum Collection
Parallel Title:
Print version Rethinking Writing
DDC:
302.2
Keywords:
Written communication
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Literacy
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Semiotics
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The traditional Western view of writing, from Aristotle down to the present day, has treated the written word as a visual substitute for the spoken word. The eminent Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) was the first to provide this traditional assumption with a reasoned basis by incorporating it into a more general theory of signs. In the wake of Saussure's work, modern linguistics has ignored or marginalized writing in favour of the study of speech.In all literate societies, however, speech in turn is interpreted by reference to the culturally dominant writing system. This puts i
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; Foreword: Writing and Civilization; 1 Aristotle's Abecedary; 2 Structuralism in the Scriptorium; 3 Writing off the Page; 4 Notes on Notation; 5 Alphabetical Disorder; 6 Ideographic Hallucinations; 7 On the Dotted Line; 8 Beyond the Linguistic Pale; 9 Mightier than the Word; Bibliography; Index;
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