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Orality and Literacy

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'Professor Ong has managed to synthesize an incredible amount of thought and at the same time has carried some of his earlier ideas still further. Orality and Literacy should become a classic. It is eminently assignable for und

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“In an oral culture, knowledge, once acquired, had to be constantly repeated or it would be lost: fixed, formulaic thought patterns were essential for wisdom and effective administration.”

— Walter Ong, amazon.com

Tagged: Oral Cultures, The Speed of Oral Communication, Winged Words