Ritual as Language
The Case of South Indian Food Offerings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2189252 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gabriella Eichinger Ferro‐luzzi (corresponding author), Gabriella Eichinger Ferro-Luzzi |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 507-514 |
| Publication date | 1977-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-3204 • E-ISSN: 1537-5382 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/201930 |
| OpenAlex | W2015938275 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 5 |
The paper points out a series of analogies between South Indian food offerings and a verbal language. This is in accordance with numerous other studies applying linguistic models to nonlinguistic fields and contrary to Sperber's view, which denies the usefulness of such an approach. The analogies with language appear at different levels. Offerings may function as names of deities and ceremonies or may stress oppositions between pairs of deities and ceremonies. The contrasts in some cases are brought about by phoneme-like distinctions. Besides, food offerings often present themselves in standard combinations composed of similar or contrasting items comparables to redundant and antithetical idiomatic expression in language. The redundant combinations are shown to add emphasis to the meaning of the offering, while the antithetical combinations add a meaning of totality which the constituent elements taken separately do not have
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 2024 (44) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |