sum speaking tongues summary query speaking tongues month back posted three queries various matters simultaneously far one generated correspondence original query dear anyone studied systematically recorded people actually produce speak tongues revival meetings occasions friend mine noted sounds produced tend sound remarkably alike short answer addition various studies papers seems two major researchers area felicitas goodman william samarin goodman using anthropological method samarin linguistic one published seventies thanks responded comments notes references rich alderson keith allan jeffrey howard allen jose r alvarez susan burt steve chandler linda coleman ellen contini morava alan davies patricia donegan brian drayton sheila embleton anthea f gupta jacques guy stephen helmreich wayne leman wenchao li mark mitton david l moore tim pulju j rea malcolm ross dale russell deborah sweeney shana walton preferred named list references received following references yet dug goodman felicitas 1969 phonetic analysis glossolalia four cultural settings journal scientific study religion 227239 goodman felicitas 1972 speaking tongues cross cultural study glossolalia university chicago press samarin william 1972a tongues men angels religious language pentecostalism macmillan company samarin william 1972b variation variables religious glossolalia language society 1 121130 samarin william 1973 glossolalia regressive speech language speech 16 7789 samarin william 1974 review goodman 1972 language 5 207213 malony h n lovekin 1985 glossolalia new york oxford university press dilia flores analisis comparacian de hablas sagradas en tres formas de trance posesian un estudio en etnografia de la comunicacion universidad del zulia 1987 study glossolalia related phenomena maracaibo venezuela _ tongue speaking _ morton kelsey new york crossroad 1981 _ speak tongues _ john l sherrill westwood new jersey fleming h revell 1964 popular treatment _ pentecostal movement catholic church _ edward oconnor notre dame indiana ave maria press 1971 claims cases xenolalia speaking unlearned existing language recommendation perform library search donald clarence laycock might uncover things glossolalia fuller information replies sent basically finding native language speaker pretty good predictor kinds sounds would occur glossolalia one general pattern sounds perceived generally marking foreign speech whatever may mean would occur sounds perceived typical native language would thus american english speakers r would rendered alveolar trill never american retroflex hand speakers would include low front vowel glossolalia ae asdigraph perceived typically american sound reason hand truly exotic sounds typical native language nt happen familiar speakers language would tend occur american english speakers nt produce clicks glossolalia yes inventory sounds simple sequence repetitive former churchgoer believed ability speak tongues used wonder lot repetitive primitive nature sounds produced heard others around also way people within particular church tended sound like one another slightly different people attending different church case unconscious copying told one observer keep british accent sing tongues people tell ears sounds produce like language know occur recurring patterns think predominantly l vowels articulate distinct hagiographic evaluation received two continental charismatic traditions french one concentrating melodious spontaneous song german english one concentrating speech wanted share experience old quaker minister oldfashioned meeting come influence pentecostalism came religious visit area spent night house period prayer living room spoke tongues never heard thing except imitation impressed monotony cant make machine phonetic transcription quiet singsong something like tikari ka tika ti ka ti ka repeated primary stress shakers dying sect known ecstatic group dancing singing incorporated tongues many songs stylized form relatively syllables used well ba lo ta ti ka la others short answer dredged memory wrote undergraduate honors paper topic 1973 glossolalia language course users seem latch onto repeat sounds sound foreign intersperse name jesus sounds least case glosslalia produced american english speakers heard jesus pronounced recall english many glossolalia users however think speaking another human language eagerly press point visiting linguist anthropologist undergraduate years ago undergraduate memorized first eleven lines beowulf occasionally recited people still recited friend alabama told back came folks would say speaking tongues anecdotally undergrad one professors mentioned seen study two glossolalia studies indicated phoneme inventory always quite small smaller found practically natural language maybe even smaller hawaiian inventory thirteen phonemes although professor nt go details professor fundamentalist christian well excellent linguist believe glossolalia least cases inspired state people state often speaking genuine languages however nt natural human languages professor pointed reason assume would natural human languages people could speak heavenly tongues meaningless earth meaning even earthly people cant understand regards thanks j jussi karlgren jussi karlgren sics se sw inst comp sc sics spr kteknologi natural language processing box 1263 164 28 kista ph 46 8 752 15 00 fax 46 8 751 72 30 stockholm sweden http sics se jussi jussikarlgren html