Glossolalia and Linguistic Alterity: The Ontology of Ineffable Speech
This article proposes a revised definition of glossolalia based on the ritual value of incomprehensible speech, which allows for an approach to meaning emergence in non-human languages and the issue of extreme linguistic alterity. The main social and acoustic features associated with glossolalia wil...
| Published in: | Religion and society |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Berghahn
[2015]
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| In: |
Religion and society
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Brazil
/ Charismatic movement
/ Glossolaly
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| Further subjects: | B
speech sounds
B non-humans B Glossolalia B linguistic alterity B Charismatic Christianity B Iconicity |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | This article proposes a revised definition of glossolalia based on the ritual value of incomprehensible speech, which allows for an approach to meaning emergence in non-human languages and the issue of extreme linguistic alterity. The main social and acoustic features associated with glossolalia will be presented through the case study of a Christian charismatic community in Brazil (the Canção Nova), showing us how linguistic evidence supports different notions of Christian personhood and an iconic-based communication between human and divine beings. |
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| ISSN: | 2150-9301 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion and society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3167/arrs.2015.060106 |