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Autor/in | Sapir, J. David |
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Titel | Big and Thin: Two Diola-Fogny Meta-Linguistic Terms |
Quelle | (1975)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
Schlagwörter | African Languages; Language Variation; Phonology; Social Structure; Sociolinguistics; Speech; Vowels; Senegal |
Abstract | The Diola-Fogny of Senegal, West Africa, socially intuit with the meta-linguistic terms "big" and "thin" the tense/lax vowel contrast that is basic to their phonology. The two terms are primarily used to identify speech variation among individuals and groups. (Author/RM) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |