Paper 1 · Communication
UGC NET June 2024 Cancelled (18.06.2024) Shift-II
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 — Such a culture is one of primary orality, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Such a culture is one of primary orality, so that is the answer.
★Primary orality describes cultures with no knowledge of writing at all.
★In them all communication and memory depend on the spoken word.
★They are untouched by alphabetic or any written communication.
★Literacy and typography instead involve writing and print.
★So a culture untouched by writing is one of primary orality.
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