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nations of the vocal organs would never have become sufficiently articulate to
produce the stable phonetic elements of speech: speech would have remained
an incoherent flux of sounds, inimitable and useless. Thus a certain amount of ...
nations of the vocal organs would never have become sufficiently articulate to
produce the stable phonetic elements of speech: speech would have remained
an incoherent flux of sounds, inimitable and useless. Thus a certain amount of ...
Page 302
Donovan, J. The Festal Origin of Human Speech. In Mind: Oct. 1891-July 1892.
Often referred to in bibliographies, but insufficiently appreciated. One of the first
approaches that pointed to the social prerequisites of speech by way of music
and ...
Donovan, J. The Festal Origin of Human Speech. In Mind: Oct. 1891-July 1892.
Often referred to in bibliographies, but insufficiently appreciated. One of the first
approaches that pointed to the social prerequisites of speech by way of music
and ...
Page 339
... validity of, 19 Speech, acquisition of, 42; articulate, 8, 73; bodily
accompaniments of, 86; contribution of fire to, 124; debasement of, 89; early
motor form of, 59; efficacy of, 95; magic property of, 83; necessity for, 80; organic
preparation for, 6; ...
... validity of, 19 Speech, acquisition of, 42; articulate, 8, 73; bodily
accompaniments of, 86; contribution of fire to, 124; debasement of, 89; early
motor form of, 59; efficacy of, 95; magic property of, 83; necessity for, 80; organic
preparation for, 6; ...
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Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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| Title | The Myth of the Machine: Technics and human development Volume 1 of The Myth of the Machine, Lewis Mumford The Myth of the Machine; Technics and Human Development, Lewis Mumford |
| Author | Lewis Mumford |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 342 pages |
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