In the process, Vansina reveals the stances of various historians and ethnologists on the issue of the validity of oral texts as historical references. However, Plato takes an opposite stance when he comments that, orality allows one to thoroughly and correctly arrive at the wisdom or truth that he is seeking. Plato also points out that writing is redundant and goes on saying the same thing forever and ever. According to Plato, writing only appears to be true wisdom. Meanwhile orality effectively delivered the message without the unnecessary redudancy.
Expression is additive rather than subordinative.
It is aggregative rather than analytic. There is a tendency for it to be conservative. Out of necessity, thought is conceptualized and then expressed with relatively close reference to the human lifeworld. Expression is agonistically toned. It is empathetic and participatory rather than objectively distanced.