| Description |
201 pages. ; 20 cm |
| Series |
New accents |
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New accents series
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| Contents |
Ch 1. The orality of language -- Ch 2. The modern discovery of primary oral cultures -- Ch 3. Some psychodynamics of orality -- Ch 4. Writing restructures consciousness -- Ch 5. Print, space and closure -- Ch 6. Oral memory, the story line and characterization -- Ch 7. Some theorems |
| Summary |
In the course of his study, Walter J. Ong offers fascinating insights into oral genres across the globe and through time, and examines the rise of abstract philosophical and scientific thinking. He considers the impact of orality-literacy studies not only on literary criticism and theory but on our very understanding of what it is to be a human being, conscious of self and other |
| Analysis |
Written communication compared with oral communication |
| Notes |
Originally published: London ; New York : Methuen, 1982 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [180]-195) and index |
| Subject |
Language and culture.
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Oral tradition.
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Oral-formulaic analysis.
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Writing.
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Written communication.
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| Author |
ebrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
88018227 |
| ISBN |
0415027969 (paperback) |
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041671370X |
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