Publications

Publication details [#45823]

Jacobs, Jennifer E. 2007. 'Unintelligibles' in vocal performances at Middle Eastern marriage celebrations. Text & Talk 27 (4) : 483–507.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ceremony | intelligibility | marriage proposal | meaning | ritual

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper explores how socalled nonsense or unintelligible vocalizations function in ritual language use performed at marriage celebrations in the Levant.