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English translation: non-literate/nonliterate


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Spanish term or phrase:ágrafa
English translation:non-literate/nonliterate
Entered by: David Hollywood
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01:52 Jun 3, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Anthropology
Spanish term or phrase: ágrafa
"El estudio de las sociedades ágrafas (que carecen de escritura tradicional)"

Thanks in advance for your help
Esperanza Gallegos
Local time: 12:01
non-literate/nonliterate societies
Explanation:
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.
eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=EJ127990 - 18k - En caché - Páginas similares
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JSTOR: The Use of Different Test Items in Nonliterate Societies- [ Traduzca esta página ]STANDARDIZED and uniformly administered items are being used with in- creasing frequency by social scientists in nonliterate societies in order to obtain ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0033-362X(195724%2F195824)21%3A4%3C499%3ATUODTI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M - Páginas similares


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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, ...
seneca.uab.es/antropologia/rvaldes/public_archivos/rvaldesae.pdf - Páginas similares

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David Hollywood
Local time: 15:01
Grading comment
Mil gracias David. Saludos
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +4non-literate/nonliterate societies
David Hollywood


  

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non-literate/nonliterate societies


Explanation:
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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Note added at 9 mins (2007-06-03 02:02:25 GMT)
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EJ127990 - The Educative Processes in Non-Literate Societies: An Essay in the Anthropological Foundations of Education.
eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=EJ127990 - 18k - En caché - Páginas similares
[ Más resultados de eric.ed.gov ]

JSTOR: The Use of Different Test Items in Nonliterate Societies- [ Traduzca esta página ]STANDARDIZED and uniformly administered items are being used with in- creasing frequency by social scientists in nonliterate societies in order to obtain ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0033-362X(195724%2F195824)21%3A4%3C499%3ATUODTI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M - Páginas similares


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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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Note added at 12 mins (2007-06-03 02:04:53 GMT)
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societies with no written language

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Note added at 14 mins (2007-06-03 02:07:11 GMT)
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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, ...
seneca.uab.es/antropologia/rvaldes/public_archivos/rvaldesae.pdf - Páginas similares



David Hollywood
Local time: 15:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Mil gracias David. Saludos

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JaneTranslates
4 mins
  -> thanks Jane :)

agree  Marcos Bernardo: I pretty much agree
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agree  Henry Hinds
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agree  Eugenia Noriega
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Changes made by editors
Jun 3, 2007 - Changes made by David Hollywood:
Edited KOG entryDavid Hollywood's old entry - "ágrafa" => "non-literate/nonliterate societies"
Jun 3, 2007 - Changes made by David Hollywood:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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