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Modern Languages, Basque Studies and Humanities

THE E-BOOK

enero 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on THE E-BOOK

An e-book is, quoting wikipedia, ” the digital media equivalent of a conventional printed book.” The main advantage of this format is it´s hypertextuability. Thanks to this, the text has key words, linked to other texts, and these have other key words connecting them to other texts, and this can go on indefinitely.
Also, the amount of space an […]

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ORALITY AND LITERACY, WALTER ONG

enero 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on ORALITY AND LITERACY, WALTER ONG

Walter J. Ong, the author of the book Orality and literacy: The technologizing of the word, tried to review the transition from oral culture to writing culture, this is, from oral transmition of knowledge to the era of printing and books. Quoting Wlter Ong, “A deeper understanding of primary orality enables us better to undertsand […]

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THE E-BOOK AND ENVIROMENTAL CARE.

enero 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on THE E-BOOK AND ENVIROMENTAL CARE.

The abuse of natural resources for our everyday use is a common matter for everyone, especially for organisations like Greenpeace and similar. There are many things that we can do and have been taught to us like separating our rubbish, recycling, saving water etc. These measures are a step, though tiny, towards restoring the natural balance.  It […]

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