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A culture which is not touched by the communication of alphabetic writing is known as a culture of:

ALiteracy
BTypography
CExclusivity
DPrimary orality ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Primary orality
Explanation

A culture untouched by the communication of alphabetic writing is a culture of primary orality.

In primary orality knowledge is stored and passed on only through the spoken word, memory and performance.

Literacy is the very opposite, a condition shaped by reading and writing.

Typography names the culture of print, a still later stage built upon writing.

Exclusivity describes restricted access and says nothing about the absence of the alphabet.

Walter Ong used primary orality for peoples who have never known any form of writing.

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