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The Coming of Literate Communication to Western Culture.

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Havelock, Eric A. – Journal of Communication, 1980

Discusses the Greek contribution to the alphabet and the development of written communication. Contrasts oral and written traditions and the impact of each. (JMF)

Descriptors: Alphabets, Communication (Thought Transfer), Greek Civilization, Greek Literature

Origins of Western Literacy. Four Lectures delivered at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, March 25-28, 1974. Monograph Series No. 14.

Havelock, Eric A. – 1976

The four essays in this book are concerned with the cultural consequences of literacy in that they demonstrate that some forms of competence, highly valued in society, developed in large part as an unintended consequence of the Greek alphabetic writing system. The first essay, entitled "Spoken Sound and Inscribed Sign," discusses the…

Descriptors: Alphabets, Classical Languages, Cultural Influences, Cultural Interrelationships