Non-instrumental actions can communicate roles and relationships, not just rituals
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x22001224
Abstract: Abstract Actions that do not have instrumental goals can communicate social goals that are not rituals. Many non-instrumental actions such as bowing or kissing communicate a commitment to or roles in dyadic relationships. What is… read more here.
Keywords: non instrumental; roles relationships; communicate roles; instrumental actions ... See more keywords