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Caste and communication in a Wolof villageBook 1974 • Irvine Judith T.
Wolof • Africa > Western Africa
The purpose of this community study is ' … to describe a culture in such a way as to integrate the consideration of language and social structure through a focus of interaction' (p. xxxviii). The study consists of primary data on caste stereotypes an...When is genealogy history?article 1990 • Irvine, Judith T.
Wolof • Africa > Western Africa
Genealogies are constructed by the Wolof of Senegal that represent a closer approximation to a historical past than are those of such other ethnic populations as the Nuer, Luo, and Tiv. This paper examines the structure and use of the Wolof genealogi...Registering affectessay 1990 • Irvine, Judith T.
Wolof • Africa > Western Africa
Based on a statement by Sapir (1927, 1930) that emotional expression is pervasive in linguistic structure and the communication of personality and emotional states is culturally organized in a speech community, Irvine takes up Sapir's theme of conven...Strategies of status manipulation in the Wolof greetingessay 1989 • Irvine, Judith T.
Wolof • Africa > Western Africa
According to the author the principle of social inequality is fundamental to an understanding of the organization of social life among the Wolof. Not only is this principle expressed in the hierarchically ranked status groups or castes, but also in a...Wolof noun classificationarticle 1978 • Irvine, Judith T.
Wolof • Africa > Western Africa
This article investigates the trend of linguistic change in the Wolof system of noun classification by comparing nineteenth century linguistic evidence with sociolinguistic data of the 1970s. With the rural Wolof the noun class system displays compet...