Spoken and Written Discourse: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective

Introduction The Oral Theory Eric Havelock: The Alphabet's Dominion Harold Innis: Writing, Space, and Time Marshall McLuhan: Print as the Fall Walter Ong: Writing and Human Consciousness Jack Goody: Writing, Culture, and Cognition David Olson: Development of the Literate Mind Structural Differences between Speech and Writing: The Liguistic Evidence Processing Differences between Speech and Writing: The Psychological Evidence Writing in Time: The Historical Evidence Cognitive Consequences of Speech and Writing in Cultural Psychology Anthropological Dissent Conclusion Notes References Author and Subject Index