Week 12: Language of Religion

Religion is a set of beliefs of an individual or a set of people. Language of religion is as sacred as any religion is itself. Language of religion is distinctive as well as prior to everyday language. In spite of many distinctive features language of religion is also having some similar features to the other registers. Language of religion is dynamic and complex regarding its function, style and interrelation with other texts. In this section, language of religion is stylistically analyzed. Stylistic features like grammatical level, graphological effects, phonological level and semantics are discussed on the basis of stylistic analysis.