Clark, S. 1984

Clark, Sherri Rae. 1984. "Speech versus writing." Notes on Literacy. (See Keller 1984for a response and ideas for application.) Interest level: academic.

Asks: "Is there a difference between oral and written language? If so, what is the nature of the difference? What is the source of the difference? What are the implications of any difference between spoken and written discourse for a philosophy of language?"

States the dominant view in linguistics and its offshoots (sociology and cognitive science) considers oral and written language as different manifestations of the same phenomenon. Cites many researchers who find significant differences between utterance and text.

Writes concise, excellent article. Gives significant quotes from the 35 sources in bibliography and draws clear, logical summaries and conclusions from their writings.

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