Publications

Publication details [#45821]

Wirtz, Kristina. 2007. Making sense of unintelligible messages in divine communication. Text & Talk 27 (4) : 435–462.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

intelligibility | meaning | message1 | metapragmatic concept | ritual

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/TEXT/html

Annotation

This paper argues that the unintelligible or semantically opaque messages in divine oricha communication in Santería ceremonies do not inhibit their meaningfulness to participants.