Writing and Society/
Writing and Society/ an introduction
Coulmas,Florian
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- 192
List of illustrations page vi
List of tables vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
1 Tlie tyranny of writing and the dominance of vernacular
speech 1
2 The past in the present and the seeds of the public sphere 19
3 Written and unwritten language 39
4 Literacy and inequality 60
5 The society of letters 81
6 Writing reform 104
7 Writing and literacy in the digitalized world 126
Notes 152
Bibliography 155
Index 171
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List of illustrations page vi
List of tables vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
1 Tlie tyranny of writing and the dominance of vernacular
speech 1
2 The past in the present and the seeds of the public sphere 19
3 Written and unwritten language 39
4 Literacy and inequality 60
5 The society of letters 81
6 Writing reform 104
7 Writing and literacy in the digitalized world 126
Notes 152
Bibliography 155
Index 171
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302.2244 / COU/W