“Pray Earnestly”: The textual construction of personal involvement in pentecostal prayer and song

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-71

  Shoaps, Robin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84937386359     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/jlin.2002.12.1.34     Document Type: Article

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