02691nam 2200637Ia 450 991045154270332120200520144314.01-281-29473-X97866112947311-84714-099-8(CKB)1000000000409146(EBL)436544(OCoLC)229401279(SSID)ssj0000237283(PQKBManifestationID)11197607(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237283(PQKBWorkID)10192151(PQKB)10322341(MiAaPQ)EBC436544(Au-PeEL)EBL436544(CaPaEBR)ebr10224753(CaONFJC)MIL129473(OCoLC)893334255(EXLCZ)99100000000040914620000313d2000 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRethinking writing[electronic resource] /[by] Roy HarrisBloomington Indiana University Press20001 online resource (271 p.)Continuum CollectionDescription based upon print version of record.0-8264-7924-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-249) and index.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; IndexThe 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 iContinuum CollectionWritten communicationLiteracySemioticsElectronic books.Written communication.Literacy.Semiotics.302.2/244Harris Roy1931-165581MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451542703321Rethinking writing2196904UNINA