TY  - GEN
T1  - Rethinking writing
A1  - Harris, Roy, 1931-
LA  - English
PP  - London ; New York
PB  - Continuum
YR  - 2001
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn229401279
AB  - 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.
OP  - 254
CN  - P211 .H3515 2001eb
SN  - 9781847140999
SN  - 1847140998
SN  - 0485115476
SN  - 0826457983
SN  - 9780826457981
KW  - Written communication.
KW  - Literacy.
KW  - Semiotics.
KW  - Communication écrite.
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Literacy.
KW  - Literacy
KW  - Semiotics
KW  - Written communication
KW  - Schrijven.
KW  - Schrift.
KW  - Semiotiek.
ER  -