The Oral Language as the Primary Medium Among Men研究.pdfVIP

SociologyStudyISSN 2159·5526 September2014，Volume4，Number9，774-782，doi：10．17265／2159-5526／2014．09．004 … N6 TheOralLanguageasthePrimaryMedium Am ongMen LauraTrujilloLififin AbStract Nowadays，languagehasgainedgreatimportanceduetomassmediawhichallowsmentointeractwithotherpeopleanytime andanywhere．Someissuesarise：Domediachangethewaywecommunicate?Arethereanymeansinparticularthatcan helppeopletocommunicatebetter?Thispaperfindstherouteforindividualstocommunicatebetter，understandeachother， andpromotevaluesofbothoursocietyandculturedemand。Threemainissuesarepresentedtoreachthisgoal：Firstly，the platonictheory aboutnames，ifthingsarecalledbyconventionorbyitsnature．Secondly．threemethodsbywhich these namesare used：the grammar，therhetoric，and thedialectics．Lastly，how orality isafundamentalmeansforhuman communication．Eachofthesesubjectswillbecomeargumentstosupportthatdialogueisthemostsuitableandhumanway formentocommunicate，becauseitgivesthenecessarytoolstomantobuildhimselfaccordingtohisnature，thatistosay， thesearchforthegoodandtherationalperfection． Keywords Greeks，language，orality，trivium，McLuhan Through history，man haspermanently searched for communication experts，and philosophers， among media that allow him to extend his senses，his others，havedealtwithlanguageanditswayofbeing， faculties， and with this to promote a better itscontentandwhatitinfomr s．Plato，400B．C．，used communication in theworld．MarshallMcLuhan．a todiscussinhisdialogs，mainlyinCratylus，aboutthe theoristofmediaandcommunicationinthetwentieth names ofthe thingsand ifthe temr sornames of century，showedthisfactbysayingthatlanguagewas thingsareeitherbynatureorconvention． theextensionofourthoughtandthewheelofourfeet． Socrates：Butifthingsare only to beknownthrough Each one of the media coincides in at leastone