The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Third Edition - Caroline Myrick
15. What is 'Speaking in Tongues'?
The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Third Edition - Caroline Myrick
Walt Wolfram [+]
North Carolina State University
Walt Wolfram is a William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of English Linguistics at North Carolina State University. Although he is most noted for his research on American dialects, his sociolinguistic career started with the study of speaking in tongues.
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‘Speaking in tongues’, or, more technically, ‘glossolalia’, is not an uncommon linguistic phenomenon. Glossolalia has been documented in Christianity as well as other religions and in some non-religious practices.