Re: functional classification of writing systems

Marco Cimarosti wrote:

>
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> > Has Roy Harris ever, anywhere, given any indication of what _he_ means
> > by "writing"?
>
> That's exactly what I asked myself after finishing his "Rethinking
> Writing"...
>
> When I saw the phrase "tyranny of the alphabet" (which, BTW, was chosen as
> the title of the Italian edition), I hoped that someone on this list might
> knew the answer.

I won't be wasting any more money on his books. Is there any more
substance in that one than in the earlier ones? Is that the translation
of the big French book that came out before the little English one?
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...