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Orality and literacy : the technologizing of the word / Walter J. Ong.
Annenberg Library - Reserve P35 .O54 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ong, Walter J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and culture.
- Oral tradition.
- Writing.
- Written communication.
- Physical Description:
- x, 204 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
- Summary:
- This classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures and offers a brilliantly lucid account of the intellectual, literary and social effects of writing, print and electronic technology.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Methuen & Co., 1982.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-193) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415281822
- 9780415281829
- 0415281296
- 9780415281294
- 0415281288
- 9780415281287
- OCLC:
- 49874897
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