Orality and literacy
Subtitle: the technologizing of the word
By: Walter J. Ong.
Series: New accents; New accents (Routledge (Firm))
Publisher: Routledge; Methuen
Published: 1991
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Language and culture.; Oral tradition.; Writing.; Written communication.
Description: From the blurb: Profound changes in thought processes and in personality and social structures were brought about by the invention of writing and the transformation from one stage of consciousness to another: from primary oral cultures to literate ones. Walter Ong here surveys and interprets the extensive work done during the last few decades, by himself and others, on the differences between orality and literacy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-195) and index.
Originally published: London ; New York : Methuen, 1982.