Table of Contents

1. Contributors; 2. Introduction (by Downing, Pamela A.); 3. I. Written Language and poken Language Compared; 4. Variation in the intonation and punctuation of different adverbial clause types in spoken and written English (by Ford, Cecilia E.); 5. Information flow in speaking and writing (by Chafe, Wallace); 6. How is conversation like literary discourse? The role of imagery and details in creating involvement (by Tannen, Deborah); 7. Modern American poetry and modern American speech (by Berry, Eleanor); 8. II. Orthographic systems; 9. Segmentalism in linguisitics: The alphabetic basis of phonological theory (by Aronoff, Mark); 10. The syllabic origin of writing and the segmental origin of the alphabet (by Daniels, Peter T.); 11. Phonemic segmentation as ephiphenomenon: Evidence from the history of alphabetic writing (by Faber, Alice); 12. Aspiration and Cherokee orthographies (by Scancarelli, Janine); 13. Interpreting Emai orthograpgic strategies (by Schaefer, Ronald P.); 14. Linguistic aspects of musical and mathematical notation (by McCawley, James D.); 15. III. The Psychology of Orthography; 16. Orthographic aspects of linguistic competence (by Derwing, Bruce L.); 17. The costs and benefits of phonological analysis (by Ohala, John J.); 18. Morphological relationship revealed through the repetition priming task (by Feldman, Laurie Beth); 19. Orthography and phonology: The psychological reality of orthographic depth (by Frost, Ram); 20. A model of lexical storage: Evidence from second language learners' orthographic errors (by Cowan, J Ron); 21. IV. Consequences of literacy; 22. Writing is a technology that restructures thought (by Ong, Walter J.); 23. Language Index; 24. Author Index; 25. Subject Index