Функции на обредния диалог в българската календарна обредност
Functions of the Ritual Dialogue in the Bulgarian Calendar Rites and Rituals

Summary/Abstract: The article studies the functions of “the ritual speech”, dwelling more specifically on one of its forms – “the ritual dialogue”. By analysing the ritual situation, the ritual personages and the verbal formulae, used in the ritual dialogue, the author comes to the conclusion that it performs various functions, whose number is predetermined by the polysemantic character of the ritual speech as a whole.

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