Writing and Society : An Introduction
ISBN: 9781107016422 | 1107016428
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Cambridge Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 4/29/2013
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How does writing relate to speech? What impact does it have on social organisation and development? How do unwritten languages differ from those that have a written form and tradition? This book is a general account of the place of writing in society. Drawing on contemporary and historical examples, from clay tablets to touchscreen displays, the book explores the functions of writing and written language, analysing its consequences for language, society, economy and politics. It examines the social causes of illiteracy, demonstrating that insti... MORE
| The tyranny of writing | |
| The past in the present and the seeds of the public sphere | |
| Written and unwritten language | |
| Literacy and inequality | |
| The society of letters | |
| Writing reform | |
| Writing and literacy in the digitalized world | |
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