For More than One Voice
Subtitle: Toward a Philosophy of Vocal Expression
Contributors: Paul Kottman (Translator)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: December 14, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780804749558
Subjects: Communication Studies; Speech; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; History & Surveys - General; Language Arts & Disciplines; Sociolinguistics; Language; Semantics; Language and languages; Language Arts & Disciplines / Speech; History; Philosophy
First sentence: The primacy of the voice with respect to speechthat is, the inarticulate voicelies at the origins of many cultures that, in various ways, trace the beginning of the acoustic sphere to a divine presence.