Orality is
thought and verbal expression in societies where the technologies of
literacy (especially writing and print) are unfamiliar to most of the population. The study of orality is closely allied to the study of
oral tradition. However, it has broader implications, implicitly touching every aspect of the
economics,
politics, institutional development, and human development of oral societies. The study of orality has important implications for
international development, especially as it relates to the goal of eradicating
poverty, as well as to the process of
globalization.