Why should linguists study writing?
In literate societies like ours, it's easy to come to the conclusion that writing equals language. When we talk about "knowing a language," for example, we generally assume that the person can read and write—not just speak.
Even so, writing is not language—it's just a representation of language. And moreover, it's imperfect, which is why we often talk ab…
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