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Olson, David R. 1994. The World on paper: The Conceptual and Cognitive Implications of Writing and Reading. Cambridge University Press. 318 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
reading | script | writing
Person as a subject
Austin, J.L. | Searle, J.R. | Whorf, B.L.
Edition
1

Annotation

This book demonstrates the relation of the understanding and use of scripts to the understanding of language, the world and the mind, gathering supporting evidence from a wide range of empirical studies in linguistics, anthropology and psychology, couched in Olson's new theory of literacy.

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Gorayska, Barbara. 1999. Review of $The World on paper: The Conceptual and Cognitive Implications of Writing and Reading.
Walker, Willard. 1995. Review of $The World on paper: The Conceptual and Cognitive Implications of Writing and Reading.