"The orality treated here is primary orality, that of persons totally unfamiliar with writing." p. 6
"The basic orality of language is permanent." p. 7
"A grapholect is a transdialectal language formed by deep commitment to writing." p. 8
"Oral expression can exist and mostly has existed without any writing at all, writing never without orality." p. 8
"As noted above, I style the orality of a culture totally untouched by any knowledge of writing or print, 'primary orality'. It is 'primary' by contrast with the 'secondary orality' of present-day high-technology culture, in shich a new orality is sustained by telephone, radio, television, and other electroinc devices that depend for their existence and functioning on writing and print." p. 11
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