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Cultural creolisation and language use in post-colonial Africa: the case of Senegal
Africa • 64 (2) • Published In 1994 • Pages: 175-189
By: Swigart, Leigh.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of a speech style called Urban Wolof which developed in the post-colonial period in Senegal involving a wide range of linguistic forms. The author's focus in this study is on the use of Urban Wolof in the city of Dakar. This language style involves the creative melding or creolization of elements from indigenous and former colonial cultures adapted to the complexities of urban life, and reflects the new values and way of life found in the urban center of Dakar where it is spoken. General information on the structure of the linguistic form known as Urban Wolof will be found in category 190.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Language
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Wolof
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Linguist
- 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 ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1986-1989
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1986-1989
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- city of Dakar, Senegal
- NotesAdditional notes
- Leigh Swigart
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-188)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Wolof (African people)