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Article #5380Re: "invention" of silent reading (McLuhan)
From: LEE Sau Dan
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 20:44
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 20:44
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>>>>> "The" == The Other <other@no.email.pls> writes:
>> > Was this such a difficult thing that needed to be "invented"?
The> Becauseitwashardtodiscernthewordswithoutspacesseparatingthem.
I have no problem reading that, although unfamiliarity slows it down a
little bit.
The> Apparently, silent reading became widespread when books
The> started being written with spaces between words.
How is that apparent?
The> _Space Between Words: The Origin of Silent Reading_ by Paul
The> Saenger has been recommended here on rec.arts.books.
We still don't put spaces in Chinese writing, but reading without
making sounds has been mastered for millennia. Chinese may be easier
than Thai here, because Chinese writing does indicate syllable
boundaries clearly. For Thai, they don't mark the syllable boundaries
nor word boundaries.
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