Orality And Writing Among The Bugis

The phrase "oral literature" is most often used to indicate the forms of expression to be found either in societies without writing or in parallel with a great tradition of written literature. In both cases a comparison, indeed an opposition, seems to be implied, at the base of which re...

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Main Author: Pelras, Christian
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2016
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http://eprints.usm.my/41176/1/Art.-3-IJAPS-12Supp.-1-2016-13-51.pdf
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description The phrase "oral literature" is most often used to indicate the forms of expression to be found either in societies without writing or in parallel with a great tradition of written literature. In both cases a comparison, indeed an opposition, seems to be implied, at the base of which really lies a particular concept of written literature. This concept is very much at risk of being unconsciously influenced by features which belong only to the written literature of certain "great civilisations," in particular modern Western civilisation. It therefore seems necessary first to look briefly at these features before tackling the case of the Bugis where oral expression coexists with written expression; this written expression is important, but has notably distinct characteristics.
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spelling usm-411762018-07-30T03:42:20Z http://eprints.usm.my/41176/ Orality And Writing Among The Bugis Pelras, Christian P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) The phrase "oral literature" is most often used to indicate the forms of expression to be found either in societies without writing or in parallel with a great tradition of written literature. In both cases a comparison, indeed an opposition, seems to be implied, at the base of which really lies a particular concept of written literature. This concept is very much at risk of being unconsciously influenced by features which belong only to the written literature of certain "great civilisations," in particular modern Western civilisation. It therefore seems necessary first to look briefly at these features before tackling the case of the Bugis where oral expression coexists with written expression; this written expression is important, but has notably distinct characteristics. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/41176/1/Art.-3-IJAPS-12Supp.-1-2016-13-51.pdf Pelras, Christian (2016) Orality And Writing Among The Bugis. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), 12 (1). pp. 13-51. ISSN ISSN: 1823-6243 http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Art.-3-IJAPS-12Supp.-1-2016-13-51.pdf
spellingShingle P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General)
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Orality And Writing Among The Bugis
title Orality And Writing Among The Bugis
title_full Orality And Writing Among The Bugis
title_fullStr Orality And Writing Among The Bugis
title_full_unstemmed Orality And Writing Among The Bugis
title_short Orality And Writing Among The Bugis
title_sort orality and writing among the bugis
topic P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General)
url http://eprints.usm.my/41176/
http://eprints.usm.my/41176/
http://eprints.usm.my/41176/1/Art.-3-IJAPS-12Supp.-1-2016-13-51.pdf