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'''Orality''' can be defined as [[thought]] and its verbal expression in societies where the technologies of [[literacy]] (especially writing and print) are unfamiliar to most of the population.  The study of orality is closely allied to the study of [[oral tradition]].  However, it has broader implications, implicitly touching every aspect the [[economics]], [[politics]] and institutional and human development of oral societies.  The study of orality has important implications for [[international development]], especially as it relates to the goal of eradicating [[poverty]], as well as to the process of [[globalization]].   
 
'''Orality''' can be defined as [[thought]] and its verbal expression in societies where the technologies of [[literacy]] (especially writing and print) are unfamiliar to most of the population.  The study of orality is closely allied to the study of [[oral tradition]].  However, it has broader implications, implicitly touching every aspect the [[economics]], [[politics]] and institutional and human development of oral societies.  The study of orality has important implications for [[international development]], especially as it relates to the goal of eradicating [[poverty]], as well as to the process of [[globalization]].