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Consider the differences between speech and writing.
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Consider the differences between speech and writing Speech and writing are both ways of communicating using language. Writing can be thought of as speech written down, but the relationship between the two isn't as straightforward as this. Speech may be considered the primary mode of communication in the sense that we speak before we can write. Speech has been around for about a million years whereas writing has only been in existence for about five and a half thousand years. Many communities have no written form of their spoken language and it is estimated that forty per cent of the world's population is illiterate. This has led Perrera (1984) to suggest that "Speaking is as fundamental a part of being human as walking upright but writing is an optional extra." Speech is usually unplanned and can be full of running repairs such as false starts, hesitations, repetitions and 'fillers' such as...
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