Publications

Publication details [#8319]

Samarin, William J. 1972. Variations and variables in religious glossolalia. Language in Society 1 : 121–130.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

intention | religious language | role-playing | situation

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

An analysis of the use of glossolalia in religious discourse reveals that the speaker manipulates linguistic variables with considerable delicacy in response to role, purpose of the speech act, and setting of the speech act.