In Signs of Writing Roy Harris re-examines basic questions about
writing that have long been obscured by the traditional assumption
that writing is merely a visual substitute for speech.
By treating writing as an independent mode of communication, based
on the use of spatial relations to connect events separated in
time, the author shows how musical, mathematical and other forms of
writing obey the same principles as verbal writing. These
principles, he argues, apply to texts of all kinds: a sonnet, a
symphonic score, a signature on a cheque and a supermarket label.
Moreover, they apply throughout the history of writing, from
hieroglyphics to hypertext.
This is the first book to provide a new general theory of writing
in over forty years. Signs of Writing will be essential reading for
anyone interested in language and communication.
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