Literacy in Traditional Societies

Jack Goody

Cambridge University Press, 1975

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The importance of writing as a means of communication in a society formerly without it, or where writing has been confined to particular groups, is enormous. It objectifies speech, provides language with a material correlative, and in this material form speech can be transmitted over space and preserved over time.

ISBN-13
9780521290050
ISBN-10
0521290058
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1975
Publication date
1975-12-04
Pages
360
Dimensions
156x229x24
Weight
566