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Roy Harris
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Athlone Pr
Publication date
February 1, 2000
Pages
254
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780485115475
ISBN-10
0485115476
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Great Britain
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$90.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The traditional western view of writing, from Aristotle down to the present day, has treated the written word as a visual substitute. Eminient Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) was the first to provide this tradiional 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 this text, Roy Harris shows that Saussure's theory of writing was deeply flawed. Reversing the orthodox priorities, Harris argues that writing is a far more powerful mode of communication than speech could ever be.
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Hardcover
from Indiana Univ Pr (December 1, 2000)
9780253337764 | details & prices | 254 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $39.95
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from Athlone Pr (February 1, 2000)
9780485115475 | details & prices | 254 pages | List price $90.00
About: The traditional western view of writing, from Aristotle down to the present day, has treated the written word as a visual substitute.
About: The traditional western view of writing, from Aristotle down to the present day, has treated the written word as a visual substitute.
Paperback
from Continuum Intl Pub Group (August 30, 2005)
9780826479242 | details & prices | 254 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $32.95
About: 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.
About: 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.
from Continuum Intl Pub Group (May 1, 2002)
9780826457981 | details & prices | 254 pages | 5.25 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $42.95
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