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oral tradition: a standalone construct

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Historical method

messages passed by word of mouth across generations, which Vansina argued can be critically used as historical sources.

In historical method, oral tradition refers to messages passed by word of mouth across generations, which Vansina argued can be critically used as historical sources. This meaning comes from Vansina (1985) in Oral tradition as history.[1]

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  1. Vansina, J. (1985). Oral tradition as history. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780852550076

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