words as sound/gesture/acts readings (week 10 discussion)

Required:

Pinker, Steven. The Language Instinct, Chapter 6: The Sounds of Silence

Sanders, Barry and Ivan Illich. ABC: The Alphabetization of the Popular Mind. Postscript: Silence and the We

Austin, J.L., How To Do Things With Words, Ch. 1-3

Optional:

Yule, George. The Study of Language. Chapter 5: The Sounds of Language, Chapter 6: The Sound Patterns of Language, Chapter 18: Sign Language

Drucker, Johanna. “Phonography, Phonetics, and Pedagogy,” The Alphabetic Labyrinth