RT Article T1 Oral and literate traditions JF Koers VO 57 IS 3 SP 269 OP 392 A1 Botha, Pieter J. J. LA English YR 1992 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1936634627 AB In this study the importance of research concerning orality and oral traditions for a variety of pressing current issues related to social history, cultural studies, education and science of religion is stressed. It is necessary to take into account the full range of language use as it is spoken and listened to, read and written, to improve our descriptions and analyses of ways of communicating and consequently to uncover the inter-relatedness of language and culture. DO 10.4102/koers.v57i3.787