From ritual to grammar: Sacrifice, homology, metalanguage

Language and Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 275-285

  Hastings, Adi ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Grammar; Metalanguage; Ritual; Sanskrit; Semiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038037323     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5309(03)00016-8     Document Type: Article

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