SPOKEN AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE

Information transmission in spoken & written language is discussed. Differences between these communication media are examined in terms of the transmission channel (acoustic & optical) & surface structure. Notions of noise & redundancy are discussed, & basic text types of spoken...

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Published in:Folia linguistica 1977, Vol.11 (3-4), p.207-216
Main Author: Saukkonen, Pauli
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Information transmission in spoken & written language is discussed. Differences between these communication media are examined in terms of the transmission channel (acoustic & optical) & surface structure. Notions of noise & redundancy are discussed, & basic text types of spoken & written lang are presented & illustrated with examples from Finnish. Analysis of surface structure reveals that it is horizontally & vertically more expanded in spoken than written lang. The surface structure of spoken lang is more divided & contains more items per the same information content of deep structure. Spoken & written language models are presented & supported with Finnish examples. Z. Dubiel
ISSN:0165-4004
1614-7308
DOI:10.1515/flin.1977.11.3-4.207