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Chinookan
cross-cultural ritual language study
discourse analysis
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ethnopragmatics
Everyday Ritual
Face To Face
Follow
intercultural communication
Language Ideologies
language socialisation
linguistic anthropology
Malay Proverbs
Marriage Meetings
Midday
Natural Semantic Metalanguage
performative utterances
Personae
Proverb Texts
public demonstrations
RC
ritual communication
Ritual Events
Ritual Genres
shamanic chants
social interaction
sociocultural semiotics
Te Ata
Theatrical Role Playing
Timeless
Tokelau
Vice Versa
Violated
Wo
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781847882950
- Weight: 618g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2009
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Ritual Communication examines how people create and express meaning through verbal and non-verbal ritual. Ritual communication extends beyond collective religious expression. It is an intrinsic part of everyday interactions, ceremonies, theatrical performances, shamanic chants, political demonstrations and rites of passage. Despite being largely formulaic and repetitive, ritual communication is a highly participative and self-oriented process. The ritual is shaped by time, space and the individual body as well as by language ideologies, local aesthetics, contexts of use, and relations among participants. Ritual Communication draws on a wide range of contemporary cultures - from Africa, America, Asia, and the Pacific - to present a rich and diverse study for students and scholars of anthropology, sociology and sociolinguistics.
Ellen B. Basso is Professor Emerita of Anthropology, University of Arizona. Gunter Senft is senior research fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen and extraordinary Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Cologne
