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Publication details [#8812]

Shelton, Austin J. 1976. Controlling capricious Gods. In Samarin, William J., ed. Language in religious practice. Newbury House. pp. 63–71.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Language as a subject

Annotation

A sociolinguistic investigation of a series of prayers and verbal formulae among the northern borderland Igbo of Nigeria, more particularly with respect to their impact as social controllers.