Teda ethnographic dictionary preceded by a French-Teda lexicon

Le Coeur, Charles; Schütze, Frieda

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Teda ethnographic dictionary preceded by a French-Teda lexicon

Librairie Larose • Paris • Published In 1950 • Pages: HRAF ms: 1, 348 l [Original: 213 , 37 end plates]

By: Le Coeur, Charles, Schütze, Frieda.

Abstract
This ethnographic dictionary was compiled by the author as the result of two one-year study trips, the first to Tibesti in 1933-34 and the second in 1942-43 among the Toubou of the Gouré Circle (Teda and Daza) and the Teda of the Djado (Circle of Dilma). During the second trip nearly all of the articles contained in this dictionary were prepared. In 1945-46 Marguerite Le Coeur did a revision of the collected words based on her study of the Teda of the Djado (p.1). Preceding the dictionary proper, and acting as an introduction to it, is an excellent structural analysis of Teda phonology. This is followed by the dictionary itself which contains a wealth of ethnographic data. Here not only are words given a simple definition, where this treatment is warranted, but also the more complex concepts are given exhaustive analysis, often extending several text pages in length. The final section of this source, pp. 190-348, contains the 37 plates (143 photographs). These vary considerably in quality, but generally have not reproduced very well. However since they do illustrate many of the concepts discussed in the dictionary part of this source, they do form an important adjunct to this work. The French-Teda lexicon (pp. 11-52 of the French text, has not been translated.

Water supply

Vocabulary

Burial practices and funerals

Poverty

Food preparation

Community heads

Ethnic stratification