Publications
Publication details [#23155]
Loveday, Leo. 1981. Making an occasion: The linguistic components of ritual. Anthropological Linguistics 23 (3) : 135–153.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Annotation
Through analysis of a Japanese wedding reception, L. examines the linguistic resources involved in the social construction of ritual as a sociocultural metaphor.