An Analysis of the Socio-cultural Implications of Orality in Iran

Kia Hamid Yeganeh
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Kia Hamid Yeganeh: College of Business, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota

Journal of Developing Societies, 2023, vol. 39, issue 2, 196-217

Abstract: This article relies on a leading line of anthropological research on the socio-cultural implications of orality in Iran. The analyses reveal that the prevalence of oral language in Iran is associated with a wide range of implications, such as redundancy, emotionality, ambiguity, high-context culture traits, the lack of critical thinking, the gap between speech and writing, the importance of poetry, restricted scientific and technical knowledge, religiosity, traditionalism, the centrality of negotiating, old-fashioned entrepreneurship, and authoritarian governance and leadership. The article examines the practical consequences of orality on Iranian culture, social relations, and politics.

Keywords: Cultural values; orality; literacy; spoken language; written language (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/0169796X231162274

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