RT Article
T1 Phonetic Analysis of Glossolalia in Four Cultural Settings
JF Journal for the scientific study of religion
VO 8
IS 2
SP 227
OP 239
A1 Goodman, Felicitas D. 1914-2005
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 1969
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1667859501
AB Glossolalia tape-recorded from four groups--English- and Spanish-speaking--showed characteristics common to all groups. It is a noncommunicative behavior of vocalization. Although the phonetic inventory and the grouping of sounds vary somewhat from group to group, these are stereotyped within the group and rigidly adhered to. An analysis of the phonology, accent pattern, and intonation shows the individual utterance to have a threshold of onset, a brief rising gradient of intensity, a peak, and a final, often precipitous decay. This paper proposes that this agreement, despite cultural diversity and difference in language, exists because glossolalia is an artifact of a dissociative state termed trance. A brief characterization of the role of this little researched state is attempted on the basis of field experiences, and a comparison with similar manifestations in other areas.
K1 Evangelists
K1 Glossolalia
K1 Lexical stress
K1 Linguistic anthropology
K1 Phonetics
K1 Phonological intonation
K1 Psychological Stress
K1 Vowels
DO 10.2307/1384336