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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463149603321

Autore

Ong Walter J.

Titolo

Orality and literacy : the technologizing of the word / / Walter J. Ong ; with additional chapters by John Hartley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

0-203-10325-4

1-283-86183-6

1-136-24373-9

Edizione

[30th anniversary ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Collana

New accents

Altri autori (Persone)

HartleyJohn <1948->

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Language and culture

Oral tradition

Writing

Written communication

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1982 by Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

1. The orality of language -- 2. The modern discovery of primary oral cultures -- 3. Some psychodynamics of orality -- 4. Writing restructures consciousness -- 5. Print, space and closure -- 6. Oral memory, the story line and characterization -- 7. Some theorems.