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Article #5372Re: "invention" of silent reading (McLuhan)
From: LEE Sau Dan
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 12:43
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 12:43
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>>>>> "The" == The Other <other@no.email.pls> writes:
The> Silent reading had been mastered in the West for centuries
The> before inter-word spacing was used. Like I said, Augustine
The> wasn't surprised that Ambrose was *able* to read silently.
The> Just curious, when did silent reading become the norm in
The> China?
It's like asking when chopsticks become the norm in China. Who knows?
I think silent reading become the norm as soon as writing was
invented. Are there reasons to assert the opposite?
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