| 释义 |
non-ˈliterate, a. Anthropol.
[non- 3.]
Denoting a person or culture that has no written language. Hence as n., a non-literate person.
1948M. J. Herskovits Man & his Works ii. v. 75 The..form, nonliterate, simply describes the fact that these people do not have written languages... Nonliterate, because it is colorless, conveys its meaning unambiguously, and is readily applicable to the data it seeks to delimit, is thus to be preferred to all the other terms we have considered. 1956R. Redfield Peasant Society & Culture i. 6 Among these non-literates there was no history to learn. 1958A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Method in Soc. Anthropol. ii. iii. 155 The customs of ancient times might be better understood in the light of the resemblances they show to customs of non-literate peoples of later times. 1970G. A. & A. G. Theodorson Mod. Dict. Sociol. 276 Sometimes the term preliterate is used as synonymous with nonliterate; however, preliterate is associated with certain theoretical assumptions..that are no longer accepted. |