The costs of religious ‘cheap talk’: the semiotics of interpretant driven costly signaling within contested communicative environments

In recent decades scholars of religion have used costly signaling theory to advance our understanding of seemingly wasteful behaviors by showing how they may function as in-group signals, enhancing social solidarity and cooperation. However, most analyses have assumed that speech and other forms of...

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Main Author: Daniel-Hughes, Brandon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2021
In: Religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 359-380
Further subjects:B Charles Peirce
B communicative environments
B religious adornment
B imposed costs
B costly signaling
B Semiotics
B Religious Pluralism
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