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Orality is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Orality in a sentence

Orality meaning

The state of being oral.

Using Orality

  • The main meaning on this page is: The state of being oral.
  • In the example corpus, orality often appears in combinations such as: of orality, orality and.

Context around Orality

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

necessary 1×

Often after:

persists 1×

Sentence patterns with Orality

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

culture of orality persists in 1× structure and orality in short 1× their necessary orality and enforces 1× tradition of orality and oral 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

both stories and 1× conversely while writing 1× simply asking native 1× unfortunately in spite 1×

Common sentence endings:

as more authoritative 1× intellectual property impossible 1× orality in short 1× poetry for example 1×

Words around Orality

Just before it in the word index:

oralia 2 oralhist 2 oral 1.443 orakzai 5 orakpo 8 oraifite 3

Just after it in the word index:

orally 132 oram 15 oramah 7 oramed 3 oran 43 orana 10

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Orality

  • In this selection, "orality" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, necessary and persists stand out and add context to how "orality" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include culture of orality persists in and structure and orality in short. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "orality" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with orality

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Both stories and information have been passed on through the tradition of orality and oral traditions survive in the form of performance poetry for example. (25 words)

Conversely, while writing for dance/stage, I do carry tools from poetry: a certain attention to sonics, rhythm, refrain, variations… an anchorage in structure and orality, in short. (28 words)

Simply asking native cultures to 'write down' their cultural artifacts on tangible mediums ignores their necessary orality and enforces a Western bias of the written form as more authoritative. (29 words)

Longer example sentences

Unfortunately in spite of our own education, a culture of orality persists in our country, making the kind of structured and systematic documentation and maximizing of value of intellectual property impossible. (31 words)

Simply asking native cultures to 'write down' their cultural artifacts on tangible mediums ignores their necessary orality and enforces a Western bias of the written form as more authoritative. (29 words)

Conversely, while writing for dance/stage, I do carry tools from poetry: a certain attention to sonics, rhythm, refrain, variations… an anchorage in structure and orality, in short. (28 words)

Example sentences (4)

Conversely, while writing for dance/stage, I do carry tools from poetry: a certain attention to sonics, rhythm, refrain, variations… an anchorage in structure and orality, in short.

Unfortunately in spite of our own education, a culture of orality persists in our country, making the kind of structured and systematic documentation and maximizing of value of intellectual property impossible.

Both stories and information have been passed on through the tradition of orality and oral traditions survive in the form of performance poetry for example.

Simply asking native cultures to 'write down' their cultural artifacts on tangible mediums ignores their necessary orality and enforces a Western bias of the written form as more authoritative.

Common combinations with orality

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "orality" in a sentence?
An example: "Conversely, while writing for dance/stage, I do carry tools from poetry: a certain attention to sonics, rhythm, refrain, variations… an anchorage in structure and orality, in short." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "orality" from authentic English texts.
What does "orality" mean?
Orality means: The state of being oral.
How many example sentences with "orality" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "orality", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.