Language in Religious Practice

Softcover with primarily white boards. Brown and green text on spine and covers. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1976, states "First printing: November 1976". Number line reads "5 4 3 2 1". 177 pages. Includes index. Part of the Series in Sociolinguistics, edited by Roger W. Shuy. This volume was edited by William J. Samarin. Contains 11 papers: The Language of Religion by William J. Samarin, pages 3-13; Nonsegmental phonology in religious modalities by David Crystal, pages 17-25; Religious utterances and the theory of speech acts by Philip L. Ravenhill, pages 26-39; Language as ritual substance by Gary H. Gossen, pages 40-60; Controlling capricious gods by Austin J. Shelton, pages 63-71; From prayer to reprimand by Dennis Tedlock, pages 72-83; Divination as model for literary form by Burke O. Long, pages 84-100; The collect as a form of discourse by Charles A. Ferguson, pages 101-109; Patterns of Telugu religious language by Jane M. Christian, pages 114-130; Liturgy and language in Judaism by Chaim Rabin, pages 131-155; and The use of Hebrew by Christians in Israel by Pinchas E. Lapide, pages 156-165. Pages are clean and bright, binding is strong and neat. Please email us with questions or to request photos.…