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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.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Water supply
- Vocabulary
- Burial practices and funerals
- Poverty
- Food preparation
- Community heads
- Ethnic stratification
- Animal by-products
- Mats and basketry
- Animal transport
- Arranging a marriage
- Nuptials
- Ritual
- Personal grooming
- Extended families
- Rule of descent
- Parents-in-law and children-in-law
- Domesticated animals
- General tools
- Gift giving
- Pastoral activities
- Verbal arts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Teda
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; Jan Simpson ; 1982
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1933-1943
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1933-1946
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chad
- NotesAdditional notes
- Charles Le Coeur
- Translation of: [Dictionnaire ethnographique téda précédé d'un lexique français-téda]
- Translated for the HRAF files by Frieda Schütze
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 52067331
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Teda (African people)
- Tibbu (African people)
- French language--Dictionaries--Teda