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Publication details [#20109]

Senft, Gunter. 1987. Rituelle Kommunikation auf den Trobriand Inseln. [Ritual communication on the Trobriand Islands.] Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik 65 : 105–130.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
German
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
ISBN
0049-8653

Annotation

This article discusses aspects of ritual communication on the Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) and its social functions with respect to greeting rituals, requesting, giving and taking, ‚phatic communion‘, nursery rhymes, magical formulae and songs.