Publications
Publication details [#6654]
McDermott, A.C.S. 1975. Towards a pragmatics of mantra recitation. Journal of Indian Philosophy 3 : 283–298. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Annotation
An investigation of certain ritualized acts of mantra recitation in the light of their family resemblances to more familiar everyday speech acts, in an attempt to find a general theory of ritual and religious utterances.