orality

(noun)

The quality of being spoken or verbally communicated

Related Terms

Examples of orality in the following topics:

  • Variations in Orality

    • The study of orality is closely allied to the study of oral tradition.
    • Ong, a key scholar in this field, distinguishes between two forms of orality: ‘primary orality' and ‘secondary orality'.
    • In addition, he refers to 'oral residue' and 'residually oral cultures'.
    • Ong draws his examples from both primary oral societies, and societies with a very high ‘oral residue'.
    • Nothing analogous exists in oral societies.

  • Group Presentation Formats

  • The Benefits of Understanding Your Audience

    • Audience analysis involves gathering and interpreting information about the recipients of oral, written or visual communication.

  • Formatting Tips

    • PowerPoint incorporates elements of written, oral, and visual communication.

  • Dialect and Vocal Variety

    • Vocalics, or paralanguage, is one way we communicate orally, but vocalics is nonverbal.