| The World on Paper: The Conceptual and Cognitive Implications of Writing and Reading Revised Edition Contributor(s): Olson, David R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521575583 ISBN-13: 9780521575584 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $94.04 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1996 Annotation: What role has writing played in the development of our modern understanding of language, nature, and ourselves? In the historical and developmental account, David Olson offers a new perspective on this process. Reversing the traditional assumption about the relation between speech and writing, he argues that writing provides an important model of the way we think about speech; that our consciousness of language is structured by our writing system. In addition, he argues that writing provides our dominant models for thinking about nature and the mind, and shows how our understanding of the world and our understanding of ourselves are by-products of our ways of creating and interpreting written texts. This challenging study draw in recent advances in history, anthropology, linguistics, and psychology. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Literacy - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 302.224 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.95" W x 8.93" (1.05 lbs) 340 pages |
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| Publisher Description: What role has writing played in the development of our modern understanding of language, nature and ourselves? Drawing on recent advances in history, anthropology, linguistics and psychology, the author offers a bold new perspective on how writing and reading have historically and developmentally altered our understanding of language, mind and nature. These understandings, Olson argues, are by-products of living in a "world on paper." |