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id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p><b>Phonocentrism</b> is the belief that sounds and <a href="/wiki/Speech" title="Speech">speech</a> are inherently superior to, or more primary than, <a href="/wiki/Written_language" title="Written language">written language</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sign_language" title="Sign language">sign language</a>. Those who espouse phonocentric views maintain that <a href="/wiki/Spoken_language" title="Spoken language">spoken language</a> is the primary and most fundamental method of <a href="/wiki/Communication" title="Communication">communication</a> whereas <a href="/wiki/Writing" title="Writing">writing</a> is merely a derived method of capturing speech. Many also believe that spoken language is inherently richer and more intuitive than written language. </p><p>Some writers have argued that philosophers such as <a href="/wiki/Plato" title="Plato">Plato</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau" title="Jean-Jacques Rousseau">Jean-Jacques Rousseau</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_de_Saussure" title="Ferdinand de Saussure">Ferdinand de Saussure</a> have promoted phonocentric views. <a href="/wiki/Walter_Ong" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Ong">Walter Ong</a>, who has also expressed support for the idea of phonocentrism, has argued that the culture of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> is particularly non-phonocentric. </p><p>Some philosophers and linguists, notably including the philosopher <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Derrida" title="Jacques Derrida">Jacques Derrida</a>, have used the term "phonocentrism" to criticize what they see as a disdain for written language. Derrida has argued that phonocentrism developed because the immediacy of speech has been regarded as closer to the <a href="/wiki/Metaphysics_of_presence" title="Metaphysics of presence">presence</a> of subjects than writing. He believed that the <a href="/wiki/Binary_opposition" title="Binary opposition">binary opposition</a> between speech and writing is a form of <a href="/wiki/Logocentrism" title="Logocentrism">logocentrism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sarupp35_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sarupp35-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Advocates_of_phonocentrism">Advocates of phonocentrism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phonocentrism&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Advocates of phonocentrism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The philosopher <a href="/wiki/John_Searle" title="John Searle">John Searle</a> has argued that Plato expressed some skepticism about the value of writing relative to speech.<sup id="cite_ref-Searle_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Searle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rhetorician and philosopher <a href="/wiki/Walter_Ong" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Ong">Walter Ong</a> also believes that Plato was phonocentric. He argues that Plato had a clear preference for "orality over writing."<sup id="cite_ref-Ongp164_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ongp164-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that Plato's belief in phonocentrism was both contrived and defended textually, and is therefore paradoxical.<sup id="cite_ref-Ongp164_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ongp164-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rousseau also held views that have since been characterized as phonocentric. He discussed the topic in <i><a href="/wiki/Essay_on_the_Origin_of_Languages" title="Essay on the Origin of Languages">Essay on the Origin of Languages</a></i>. He believed that speech was a more natural form of communication than writing, which he viewed as a somewhat parasitic and unhealthy derivation of speech.<sup id="cite_ref-Sarupp39_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sarupp39-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The linguist <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Bloomfield" title="Leonard Bloomfield">Leonard Bloomfield</a> has also expressed the belief that spoken languages are the primary form of language, and that written languages should be viewed as derived from them. He argued that "writing is not language, but merely a way of recording language."<sup id="cite_ref-Fasold_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fasold-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Saussure believed that speech should be treated as the primary topic of linguistics. He believed that writing was given too much attention in the field of linguistics. In <i><a href="/wiki/Course_in_General_Linguistics" title="Course in General Linguistics">Course in General Linguistics</a>,</i> Saussure argued that "language and writing are two distinct systems of signs." He believed that both systems influenced each other, but that writing could obscure language. He argued that writing obscures how pronunciation forms because of its influence on pronunciation. Saussure drew a distinction between phonetic languages and languages such as <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a> in which a single character represents a word. He believed that only phonetic languages cause problems for linguists.<sup id="cite_ref-Evans_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Evans-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ong has argued that American society is particularly opposed to phonocentrism. He believes that one cause of this is the fact that written documents, such as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a>, form a key part of American national identity. He also notes that many Americans view the reality of words as defined by dictionaries rather than by vocal speech. He has stated, "We are so literate in ideology that we think writing comes naturally. We have to remind ourselves from time to time that writing is completely and irremediably artificial."<sup id="cite_ref-Ongp137_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ongp137-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ong believes that writing is necessary for transmitting knowledge in a technological culture. He maintains that speech should be viewed as primary because it is drawn from the unconscious while writing requires conscious attention: "Speech is structured through the entire fabric of the human person. Writing depends on consciously contrived rules."<sup id="cite_ref-Ongp138_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ongp138-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also states that writing and speech are each privileged in specific ways, and that they depend upon each other for identification and clarity.<sup id="cite_ref-Ongp1656_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ongp1656-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Derrida">Derrida</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phonocentrism&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Derrida"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Derrida believed that the fields of philosophy, literature, anthropology, and linguistics had become highly phonocentric.<sup id="cite_ref-Hoganp249_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoganp249-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He argued that phonocentrism was an important example of what he saw as <a href="/wiki/Western_philosophy" title="Western philosophy">Western philosophy</a>'s logocentrism.<sup id="cite_ref-Sarupp35_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sarupp35-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He maintained that phonocentrism developed due to the human desire to determine a central means of authentic self-expression. He argued that speech is no better than writing, but is assigned that role by societies that seek to find a transcendental form of expression. This form of expression is said to allow one to better express transcendental truths and to allow one to understand key <a href="/wiki/Metaphysics" title="Metaphysics">metaphysical</a> ideas.<sup id="cite_ref-Sarupp35_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sarupp35-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Derrida believed that phonocentric cultures associate speech with a time before meaning was corrupted by writing. He saw phonocentrism as part of the influence of <a href="/wiki/Romanticism" title="Romanticism">Romanticism</a>, specifically its belief in a time in which people lived in harmony and unity with nature. Derrida did not believe that there was any ideal state of unity with nature. He also argued that speech suffers from many of the same inherent flaws as writing.<sup id="cite_ref-Hoganp249_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoganp249-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gayatri_Chakravorty_Spivak" title="Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak">Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak</a> has characterized Derrida's opposition to phonocentrism as part of his campaign against "human egocentricity."<sup id="cite_ref-holmep149_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-holmep149-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Derrida points out that the expression of human views is often dominated by the voices of humans.<sup id="cite_ref-holmep149_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-holmep149-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also noted that writing frees expression from the human voice and is more exterior and stable than speech. He believed that this makes it a more effective carrier of meaning. Randal Holme has argued that Derrida preferred writing because he associated it with "the construction of meaning and the creation of category."<sup id="cite_ref-holmep149_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-holmep149-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Derrida identified the often perceived difference between the value of speaking versus writing as one of the key binary oppositions of logocentrism. He attempted to <a href="/wiki/Deconstruction" title="Deconstruction">deconstruct</a> this opposition by arguing that speech can be seen as derived from writing as easily as writing is seen as derived from speech. He wrote that societies often make determinations that unfairly casts writing as an inferior method of communication and self-expression.<sup id="cite_ref-Sarupp35_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sarupp35-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Derrida insisted that the written word has its own value, and is likely not "the simple 'supplement to the spoken word.'"<sup id="cite_ref-Derridap7_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Derridap7-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <i><a href="/wiki/Of_Grammatology" title="Of Grammatology">Of Grammatology</a></i> he uses this method of analysis to critique the views that Rousseau expressed in <i>Essay on the Origin of Languages</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Derridap7_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Derridap7-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Derrida argued that Rousseau's views were contradictory and often undermined his arguments.<sup id="cite_ref-Sarupp39_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sarupp39-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criticism">Criticism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phonocentrism&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Searle has criticized Derrida's claims of historical opposition to phonocentrism. Searle believes that many philosophers, including <a href="/wiki/Aristotle" title="Aristotle">Aristotle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gottfried_Leibniz" class="mw-redirect" title="Gottfried Leibniz">Gottfried Leibniz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gottlob_Frege" title="Gottlob Frege">Gottlob Frege</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Russell" title="Bertrand Russell">Bertrand Russell</a>, have "tended to emphasize written language as the more perspicuous vehicle of logical relations."<sup id="cite_ref-Searle_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Searle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He argues that support for ordinary speech over written language only emerged in the 1950s with the advent of <a href="/wiki/Ordinary_language_philosophy" title="Ordinary language philosophy">Ordinary language philosophy</a>. He also contends that Derrida makes sweeping misinformed claims about the history of writing.<sup id="cite_ref-Searle_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Searle-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Hartman" title="Geoffrey Hartman">Geoffrey Hartman</a> has also criticized Derrida's accounts of phonocentrism. He has argued that Derrida failed to provide an account of the historical forces that have influenced phonocentric and non-phonocentric cultures. Ong has expressed some agreement with Hartman's critique. Though he describes Derrida's view as "brilliant and to a degree serviceable," he believes that it "plays with the paradoxes of textuality alone and in historical isolation." Though Ong believes that it is impossible to separate writing from its pretext, he contends that "this does not mean that text can be reduced to orality."<sup id="cite_ref-Ongp165_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ongp165-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phonocentrism&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Graphocentrism" title="Graphocentrism">Graphocentrism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phallogocentrism" title="Phallogocentrism">Phallogocentrism</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phonocentrism&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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id="cite_note-Ongp164-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ongp164_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ongp164_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOng2004">Ong 2004</a>, p. 164</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sarupp39-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Sarupp39_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sarupp39_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSarup1993">Sarup 1993</a>, p. 39</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Fasold-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Fasold_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFasold2003">Fasold 2003</a>, p. 277</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Evans-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Evans_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFEvans1991">Evans 1991</a>, pp. 160–161</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ongp137-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ongp137_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOng1994">Ong 1994</a>, p. 137</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ongp138-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ongp138_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOng1994">Ong 1994</a>, p. 138</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ongp1656-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ongp1656_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOng2004">Ong 2004</a>, pp. 165–166</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hoganp249-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hoganp249_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hoganp249_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHogan2000">Hogan 2000</a>, p. 249</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-holmep149-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-holmep149_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-holmep149_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-holmep149_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHolme2004">Holme 2004</a>, p. 149</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Derridap7-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Derridap7_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Derridap7_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDerrida1998">Derrida 1998</a>, p. 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ongp165-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Ongp165_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOng2004">Ong 2004</a>, p. 165</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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