Rethinking writing / [by] Roy Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Roy, 1931-

Series:

Continuum Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Written communication.

Literacy.

Semiotics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-249) and index.

ISBN:

9786611294731

9781281294739

128129473X

9781847140999

1847140998

OCLC:

229401279