Rethinking Writing

Roy Harris shows that the theory of writing adopted in modern linguistics is deeply flawed. Reversing the orthodox priorities, the author argues that writing is a far more powerful mode of linguistic communication than speech could ever be. His book is a major contribution to current debates about human communication written and spoken.>

List of contents

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

About the author

Roy Harris

Product details

• Authors: Roy Harris, Harris Roy
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2002
• EAN: 9780826457981
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-5798-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Literacy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Literacy (Theories of reading and writing)