Rethinking writing / / [by] Roy Harris

• Autore: Harris Roy <1931->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Disciplina: 302.2/244
• Soggetto topico: Written communication; Literacy; Semiotics
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-249) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Rethinking writing
• ISBN: 1-281-29473-X; 9786611294731; 1-84714-099-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810093703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Continuum Collection