Opinion: Orality and Literacy in Preliterate Societies

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Walter J. Ong's work discusses how preliterate societies classify shapes using objects, not abstract terms. Illiterate subjects name circles as plates, buckets, or moon. This is from a 30th anniversary edition of his book.

Publisher: StephanKinsella.com — Opinion / commentary.

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