Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

ágrafa

English translation:

non-literate/nonliterate

Added to glossary by David Hollywood
Jun 3, 2007 01:52
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Spanish term

ágrafa

Spanish to English Social Sciences Anthropology
"El estudio de las sociedades ágrafas (que carecen de escritura tradicional)"

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Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 non-literate/nonliterate societies
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Jun 3, 2007 02:48: David Hollywood Created KOG entry

Jun 3, 2007 02:50: David Hollywood changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/71152">David Hollywood's</a> old entry - "ágrafa"" to ""non-literate/nonliterate societies""

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non-literate/nonliterate societies

a people or culture without a written language. The term nonliterate is distinguished from “illiterate,” which indicates a member of a literate society who has not learned to read or write. Although the term is not entirely satisfactory because it distinguishes by the sole criterion of written language, it has several advantages over the loosely equivalent terms…


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EJ127990 - The Educative Processes in Non-Literate Societies: An Essay in the Anthropological Foundations of Education.
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Note added at 11 mins (2007-06-03 02:04:22 GMT)
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Agrapha (Greek for "non written"; singular agraphon)

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societies with no written language

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A partir de entonces empezó a usar el término «ágrafo» (nonliterate), ... Las pequeñas sociedades. ágrafas y aisladas parecen vivir, a veces, ...
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agree JaneTranslates
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thanks Jane :)
agree Marcos Bernardo : I pretty much agree
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agree Henry Hinds
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agree Eugenia Noriega (X)
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