Spoken and Written Discourse

KHOSROW JAHANDARIE is Associate Professor of Communication at Eastern Connecticut State University. /e

• IntroductionThe Oral TheoryEric Havelock: The Alphabet's DominionHarold Innis: Writing, Space, and TimeMarshall McLuhan: Print as the FallWalter Ong: Writing and Human ConsciousnessJack Goody: Writing, Culture, and CognitionDavid Olson: Development of the Literate MindStructural Differences between Speech and Writing: The Liguistic EvidenceProcessing Differences between Speech and Writing: The Psychological EvidenceWriting in Time: The Historical EvidenceCognitive Consequences of Speech and Writing in Cultural PsychologyAnthropological DissentConclusionNotesReferencesAuthor and Subject Index