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There is probably no oral society that fails to mark the spatial distinction of left and right, peculiar as this distinction may be.
David Antin

Meaning of "oral society" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ORAL SOCIETY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORAL SOCIETY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Oral society is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ORAL SOCIETY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of oral society in the English dictionary

The definition of oral society in the dictionary is a society that has not developed literacy.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORAL SOCIETY

oragious
oral
oral eroticism
oral examiner
oral history
oral hygiene
oral hygienist
Oral Law
oral sex
oral tradition
oral vowel
oralism
oralist
orality
orally
Oran
orang
orang-outang
orang-utan

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORAL SOCIETY

Audubon Society
benefit society
Big Society
building society
civic society
civil society
consumer society
debating society
dramatic society
friendly society
high society
honor society
humane society
John Birch Society
Law Society
polite society
preservation society
Royal Society
secret society
society
variety

Synonyms and antonyms of oral society in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «oral society» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORAL SOCIETY

Find out the translation of oral society to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of oral society from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «oral society» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

口服社会
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sociedad orales
570 millions of speakers

English

oral society
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मौखिक समाज
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المجتمع عن طريق الفم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оральный общество
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sociedade por via oral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৌখিক সমাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

société orale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Masyarakat lisan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

oralen Gesellschaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

経口社会
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구강 사회
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Masyarakat lisan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xã hội bằng miệng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாய்வழி சமுதாயம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तोंडी समाजात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sözlü toplum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

società orale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

społeczeństwo ustnej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оральний суспільство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

societate oral
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προφορική κοινωνία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

orale samelewing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oral samhälle
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oral samfunn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of oral society

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORAL SOCIETY»

The term «oral society» is used very little and occupies the 192.386 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORAL SOCIETY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about oral society

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QUOTES WITH «ORAL SOCIETY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word oral society.
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David Antin
There is probably no oral society that fails to mark the spatial distinction of left and right, peculiar as this distinction may be.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORAL SOCIETY»

Discover the use of oral society in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to oral society and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Oral Tradition and Written Record in Classical Athens
It is often loosely assumed that oral tradition dies out when literacy becomes widespread. 'Oral' and 'literate' are often seen as opposed characteristics. Romantic views of 'oral society' convey a seductive picture of an intimate 'folk- culture' ...
Rosalind Thomas, 1992
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The World and the Word: Tales and Observations from the ...
Accompanying the stories are Zenani’s detailed commentaries and analyses and Scheub’s striking photographs of her in performance.
Nongenile M. Zenani, 1992
3
Writing and Ancient Near East Society: Essays in Honor of ...
By contrast, I would regard a non-literate, or oral, society as one in which literacy is not essential to any of its activities, and memory and oral communication perform the functions which reading and writing have within a literate society.
Alan Ralph Millard, Piotr Bienkowski, C.B. Mee, 2005
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Methodology and African Prehistory
An oral society recognizes speech not only as a means of everyday communication but also as a means of preserving the wisdom of ancestors enshrined in what one might call key utterances, that is to say, oral tradition. A tradition may be ...
Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of Africa, 1981
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The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man
Presents McLuhan's predictions of dramatic technological innovations that have changed how we communicate.
Marshall McLuhan, 2011
6
Society on the Run: A European View of Life in America
This book is an attempt to come to terms with the essence and spirit of American democracy in a series of essays on such diverse topics as the pursuit of happiness, money, fundamentalism and pragmatism, the oral society, wild at heart, life ...
Werner Peters, 1996
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Indigenous Literacies in the Americas: Language Planning ...
Language revitalization efforts in the Pueblo de Cochiti: Becoming "literate" in an oral society Rebecca Benjamin Regis Pecos Mary Eunice Romero* 1 . Introduction In this article we describe the language planning efforts that have been ...
Nancy H. Hornberger, 1997
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Fiction Sets You Free: Literature, Liberty, and Western Culture
Havelock, however, steers the discussion in a particular direction: In the oral society of the Homeric Greeks, the only manner in which cultural memory could be preserved was in oral performance. The epics were structured in a way to allow for ...
Russell A. Berman, 2007
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Agora, Academy, and the Conduct of Philosophy
... be sought elsewhere than in oral sources. It will be clear in a moment that Goody and Watt take the same initial step of criticizing the oral society, and to the same effect. m There has been no shortage of types of linguistic anthropological.
Debra Nails, 1995
10
The Second Wave: Hispanic Ministry and the Evangelization of ...
Mexican culture continues to this day to be what Ong calls "residually oral," that is , perhaps the majority can read but the peculiar kind of consciousness appropriate to oral society continues to powerfully influence at least the popular,  ...
Allan Figueroa Deck, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORAL SOCIETY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term oral society is used in the context of the following news items.
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What may be the oldest Koran fragments were discovered in …
The Arabia of the 600s was mainly an oral society, however. Because very few people could read or write, a huge emphasis was placed on ... «ZME Science, Jul 15»
2
Video - TNT, EAGI Partner to Promote Reading Campaign
"The reading culture in the country is lacking. Rwanda is more of an oral society. The campaign is very critical in terms of promoting the reading ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
3
How the Qur'an is protected from any change, corruption
Thus, in this type of oral society, the vast majority of the companions learned and recorded the Qur'an by memorization. In addition to their ... «Arab News, Jun 15»
4
Teaching the art of communication
... institutions and organizations and across government and administration, and of course, across countries. India is an inherently oral society. «Livemint, May 15»
5
The tainted mirror
This problem of inadequate documentation is compounded by two additional complications. First, India remains, by and large, an oral society. «The Asian Age, May 15»
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Why Kim Kardashian Cant Write Good
She didn't go to college, and her high school education, as a modern one in today's increasingly oral society (see below) unsurprisingly did not ... «Daily Beast, May 15»
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What's in a name? Everything, if you are a migrant and Muslim
Somalis are a nomadic and oral society. They enjoy travelling and talking but not writing and reading. Some of the generation who changed ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
8
The Somali Writing and What to Write About Somalia
Somalis are an oral society built on word of mouth perception where writing can be an odd alternative. Culturally, in certain instances, many ... «somalicurrent, Mar 15»
9
Somalia gets first cash machine
Having studied Somali culture, I know that they are an oral society and used Arabic as their medium of communication when need be. «The Guardian, Oct 14»
10
Sufism in Asymmetric Warfare
He said that, “information is passed through radio and people communicate on the Internet too,” he said, “Somalis are a very oral society, they ... «ISN, Oct 14»

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