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Publication details [#9334]

Tambiah, S.J. 1968. The magical power of words. Man 3 : 175–208.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

magic

Person as a subject

Malinowski, B.

Annotation

An anthropologically oriented investigation of aspects of the magical power of the use of words as it is expressed in various languages, with special references to Malinowski's work.