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.
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"This is an excellent book, rich, clear and innovative."--Jean Khalfa, Cambridge University
"...absorbing and typically combatative."--Times Literary Supplement
"...absorbing and typically combatative."--Times Literary Supplement
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Roy Harris is Emeritus Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Oxford, UK.
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integrational linguistics, glottic writing, utilitarian literacy, rethinking writing, integrational semiology, integrational point, semiological status, emblematic frame, notational units, semiological value, semiological point, integrational function, image acoustique, notational structure, perfect alphabet, vocal sign, ideographic writing, semiological analysis, alphabetic writing, written sign Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Rethinking Writing by Roy Harris in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Reading the Early Modern Passions: Essays in the Cultural History of Emotion by Gail Kern Paster on page 159, and Back Matter
- Sociolinguistics: The Study of Speakers' Choices by Florian Coulmas on page 219, and Back Matter
- Rethinking Linguistics (Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory) by Hayley G. Davis on page 15, and page 68
- Landmarks in Linguistic Thought Volume II: The Western Tradition in the Twentieth Century (History of Linguistic Thought) (Vol 2) by John E. Joseph in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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