Orality and literacy : the technologizing of the word / Walter J. Ong.
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TextSeries: New accents (Routledge (Firm))Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.Description: x.204 PagesContent type: - text
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- Language and culture
- Oral tradition
- Writing
- Langage et culture
- Tradition orale
- Communication écrite
- Écriture
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics
- Languages
- Language and culture
- Oral tradition
- Writing
- Mondelinge overlevering
- Mondelinge literatuur
- Schrijven
- Tekstoverlevering
- Literatur
- Mündliche Literatur
- Mündliche Überlieferung
- Schriftlichkeit
- Letramento
- Comunicação (aspectos sociais)
- Biblioteksvæsen, informations- og kommunikationsvidenskab Biblioteksvæsen, informations- og kommunikationsvidenskab
- 306.44 22
- P 35 .O65
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- 05.16
- EC 2400
- EC 5800
- EC 8200
Originally published: London: Methuen, 1982.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-193) and index.
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.
This work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures, offering an account of the intellectual, literary and social effects of writing, print and electronic technology.
Text in English.
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