orality

Definitions

The state of being oral.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Indeed, this reading is particularly inappropriate among these oralities and physicalities, bordering on cannibalism.”

“The oralities and literacies of the past are regularly made the subject of inquiries by linguists, philosophers, theologians, anthropologists,”

“McLuhan thought that writing was a supplement to speech; in fact, it was sandwiched between two oralities”

“Falk's theory of consumption is based on evidence of a shift in the hierarchy between two oralities: speaking and eating.”

CEFR level