What is Oralism?

Spoken language is a Chinese vocabulary. Pinyin is ku y, which refers to spoken language; it refers to speech or argument. See "Speaking of a Sickness" Volume Seventy-Five Quoting Song Ye Mengde's "Shilin Family Precepts": "Drown wife and uncle's selfishness, ~ ~ spy."

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Spoken language is the language used in oral communication and is the earliest form of language commonly used by humans. All ethnic groups have spoken language. Spoken language is usually transmitted through sound. Spoken language is often written in literary works as needed.

Spoken language is flexible and often used freely because of different occasions and speakers. Because the speaker and the listener are present at the scene, sometimes this performance not only does not affect the listener's understanding, but can more vividly reflect the speaker's mentality, or simplify the language. In contrast to spoken language, written language is developed on the basis of spoken language and is used for written expression. Spoken language becomes more fixed when written, and its grammar is more rigorous, which is conducive to accurate transmission.

After a period of time, the difference between spoken and written languages tends to increase, because the spoken language constantly changes with time and place, and the written language is relatively stable. Educated people will learn to adopt rigorous grammar for spoken language from written language, and written language also needs to change after a period of time to adapt to changes in spoken language, otherwise fewer and fewer people will understand written language. Linguists can study the historical development of language from the differences between written language literature and modern spoken language.

There are always some oral expressions that are difficult to apply to writing, because they only need to be understood by both parties, lack a set standard, or even the corresponding word (only a given pronunciation). Or, because the spoken structure is relatively scattered, such as lack of language environment, it may cause ambiguity and confusion. Therefore, the more formal occasions, the more people prefer to use written language. Spoken language is often accused of being difficult to reach.

According to investigations, the difference between ancient Chinese (ancient Chinese, classical Chinese) and spoken Chinese (vernacular) is quite large. This has its own historical background. The modern vernacular movement has popularized spoken writing. For details, see Classical Chinese, Vernacular Movement.