The philosophical study of writing systems, letters, and written language; the theory of how writing relates to language and meaning.
From 'grammat-' (Greek 'gramma,' letter or something written) plus '-ology' (from Greek 'logos,' study or science), creating 'the study of writing' or 'the science of letters.'
Jacques Derrida's famous book 'Of Grammatology' used this word to argue that writing is just as fundamental to language as speech—it basically challenged thousands of years of thinking that spoken words were 'more real' than written ones!
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