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Szuchewycz, Bohdan. 1994. Evidentiality in ritual discourse: The social construction of religious meaning. Language in Society 23 (3) : 389–410.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0047-4045

Annotation

This micro-analysis of the ritual language of an Irish Catholic Charismatic prayer meeting reveals discursive strategies that function to create an experience of divine/human communication. The frequent use of evidentials is related to the movement's relatively recent emergence, its ideology and its emphasis on personal narrative in religious discourse.