Below you will find example sentences with "oral tradition". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Oral Tradition in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: tradition
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.3 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 6 start, 13 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "oral tradition" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as along via oral tradition it will, ancient germanic oral tradition can still, jesus, jewish and authority stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with oral arguments, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with oral tradition
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Scribes used manuscripts available to them and oral tradition to create this text. (13 words)
The oral tradition of the Iliad and Homer would be lost by heart. (13 words)
Basque language oral tradition of improvised songs making a comeback because of A: Better education? (15 words)
In classic Bahamian oral tradition, Ms. Walkes would be called on to tell the story of Black Tuesday for many years to come as the PLP celebrated and reflected on the journey to Majority Rule and the modern political development of The Bahamas. (43 words)
Debate over oral tradition The question of whether Beowulf was passed down through oral tradition prior to its present manuscript form has been the subject of much debate, and involves more than simply the issue of its composition. (38 words)
There is very strong evidence that Anglo-Saxon poetry has deep roots in oral tradition, but, keeping with the cultural practices we have seen elsewhere in Anglo-Saxon culture, there was a blending between tradition and new learning. (38 words)
Basque language oral tradition of improvised songs making a comeback because of A: Better education? (15 words)
Experienced story listeners will find themselves taken back to the front porch, kitchen table, or campfire—and listeners new to the oral tradition will be launched on a wonderful adventure! (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Armstrong argues that since Jesus and the Apostles acknowledge authoritative Jewish oral tradition, Christians can therefore not dispute oral tradition's legitimacy and authority.
Debate over oral tradition The question of whether Beowulf was passed down through oral tradition prior to its present manuscript form has been the subject of much debate, and involves more than simply the issue of its composition.
In another room, the Oral Archive by Nairobi-based collective celebrates the oral tradition of passing down knowledge across generations as a way to keep humans in community with the earth.
The board includes oral traditional evidence because it “understands that Indigenous peoples have an oral tradition for sharing knowledge from generation to generation,” it says in the documents.
Rather, given the implications of the theory of oral-formulaic composition and oral tradition, the question concerns how the poem is to be understood, and what sorts of interpretations are legitimate.
Geoffrey's description in turn drew on an already established tradition in Welsh oral tradition of the grandeur of Arthur's court.
However, as found in Scripture, Jesus also challenges some Jewish oral tradition therefore Christians, on that basis, can dispute some of that tradition's authority since they hold that Jesus' authority is greater.
There is very strong evidence that Anglo-Saxon poetry has deep roots in oral tradition, but, keeping with the cultural practices we have seen elsewhere in Anglo-Saxon culture, there was a blending between tradition and new learning.
The third literary movement of these years was a new revamping of the heroic tradition, in which the ancient Germanic oral tradition can still be discerned, but tamed and Christianized and adapted for the court.
The Vedas are the oldest written tradition in India, (1,500 – 500 B.C.) recorded from oral tradition by upper caste Brahmins, who may have been descended from the Aryan stock which entered India from the north.
Over time, melodies do change as they are passed along via oral tradition, it will always change a little bit.
Scribes used manuscripts available to them and oral tradition to create this text.
The oral tradition of the Iliad and Homer would be lost by heart.
According to the tribe’s oral tradition, Moshup turned the Wampanoag into whales, maybe even killer whales, but he also ate broiled whales, and threw them at the cliffs on the coast for the Wampanoag to eat.
Experienced story listeners will find themselves taken back to the front porch, kitchen table, or campfire—and listeners new to the oral tradition will be launched on a wonderful adventure!
One of the things that make Israel, Jewish religion and race strong is the oral tradition.
In classic Bahamian oral tradition, Ms. Walkes would be called on to tell the story of Black Tuesday for many years to come as the PLP celebrated and reflected on the journey to Majority Rule and the modern political development of The Bahamas.
It’s an oral tradition and you have to learn it from a guru in person.
Oba Ewuare N’Ogidigan, as history and oral tradition, has it, ascended the throne at a very crucial point in the history of the kingdom.
Basque language oral tradition of improvised songs making a comeback because of A: Better education?