Sentence examples for oral performances from inspiring English sources

While many qiṭʿahs suggest that they are complete in and of themselves, the structure of others (as well as what is now known about the nature of oral performances and the processes of recording them) points to the possibility of their being the favourite memorized examples of typical segments from a lengthier poetic performance.

Learners may be required to build up a portfolio of written or recorded oral performances for assessment.

There is also a dearth of studies on the impact of rubrics in improving students' oral performances.

In his analysis of Ndembu rituals in Zambia, Victor Turner used various types of oral performances (including singing, speech, quarrel, and guessing) to investigate the semantical significance of symbols by combining them with ritual process (Turner 1995).

Such a charm inscribed on a birthing girdle as part of a complex meditative and visual program illustrates a marked change in media from oral performances of charms depending entirely on the power of spoken words and broad-ranging ritual actions, as seen below.

If a prescribed incantation is an "oral performance to accomplish a purpose by means of performative speech in a ritual context," then it may be difficult to distinguish this incantation from other Christian rituals.

The poem was intended for oral performance.

The exigencies of oral performance also account for the conventional stereotyped imagery of the ballads.

But the oral performance itself was accessible to the whole community.

Thus, even in Sanskrit literature, oral performance was an essential component, which further facilitated the assimilation of oral vernacular elements.

"Listening to these tapes is a fantastic experience because oral performance is such a vital part of the ongoing literary tradition," said Clara Marie Burns, a librarian at Naropa.