Writing and Society/ an introduction
Coulmas,Florian
- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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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