MDSA02H3 Chapter : Part 2 Notes.pdf
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Chapter 5: greek letters: alter the character of human culture, placing a gulf between alphabetic societies and their precursors. Alphabet had to pass through a period of localization before being standardized throughout greece. If the alphabet was learned in childhood, it could be distributed over a population; this, therefore, initiated the organization and maintenance of school instruction for children. This eliminated the role of the scribe or clerk: the script resembled an electric current the mirrored the consciousness. Names of the greek letters became meaningless because a meaningful alphabet did not have any independent value so that it could be convertible into a mechanic mnemonic device. The alphabetic system made it possible that the reader could recognize the acoustic value of signs in any language. Translation: suggested that it was rst done with the spoken tongue and not the written.
