TY - BOOK TI - Writing and Society: an introduction SN - 1107602432 U1 - 302.2244 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press N1 - List of illustrations page vi List of tables vii Preface ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Tlie tyranny of writing and the dominance of vernacular speech 1 2 The past in the present and the seeds of the public sphere 19 3 Written and unwritten language 39 4 Literacy and inequality 60 5 The society of letters 81 6 Writing reform 104 7 Writing and literacy in the digitalized world 126 Notes 152 Bibliography 155 Index 171 ER -