Orality is a verbal expression used when writing and printing were unknown at all. Studies of oral tradition and orality are pretty much connected. However, orality also touches some other aspects such as political and economial. According to Walter J. Ong, there are two types of orality:
- Primary orality: This refers to those cultures that didn’t have any knowledge of writing.
- Secondary orality: It refers to a much more advanced culture, which used to have kowledge of writing. Moreover, it became the medium of memory.
We might find interesting the researches made by Walter J. Ong. Gathered at W. J. Ong [1982] Orality and literacy: Technologizing of the word as well as some words at E. A. Havelock [1986] The muse learns to write.
About writing we can say that it is the representation of a language through some different signs drawn on something, normally engraved. The first writing evidences go back to 4000 b.c but it has been in a non stop developing through the years. Nowadays, it is known that it has been in two different ways along:
- expressed by ideas.
- represented by sounds.
In spite of that, nowadays hypermedias, which is a more extended word for hypertext, are becoming more common. It consist of adding videos, graphics, audio… for what we used to write, so that they give the chance of interancting with users. On the other hand the term multimedia no anly describes non-interactive representations but also the hypermedia.
Hipermedia. (2008, 22) de octubre. Wikipedia, La enciclopedia libre. Fecha de consulta: 18:03, diciembre 4, 2008 from http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hipermedia&oldid=21169753
Orality. (2008, September 14). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18:04, December 4, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orality&oldid=238417313
Escritura (lingüística). (2008, 28) de octubre. Wikipedia, La enciclopedia libre. Fecha de consulta: 18:05, diciembre 4, 2008 from http://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Escritura_(ling%C3%BC%C3%ADstica)&oldid=21317754.
