Book
Words and the Dogon world
Institute for the Study of Human Issues • Philadelphia • Published In 1986 • Pages:
By: Calame-Griaule, Geneviève.
Abstract
This is a lengthy, detailed, and complex study of Dogon ethno-linguistics. It is a phenomenological study of Dogon ideas about speech and other forms of communication. The study contains chapters on speech and the person, speech in the human body, the body and the fertilizing power of the word, the symbolic relations between words and techniques, the word of the dead, the mythical revelation of speech, the classification of speech, the modes of speech and their symbolic representations, monitoring speech, speech and relations between the sexes, speech in social life, speech in religion, the spoken arts, and the relations between speech and musical expression. Because of the complex nature of the subject matter, researchers are urged to read the book in its complete form in addition to using it in the HRAF format.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Marlene Martin ; 1986-1987
- Field Date
- 1946-1960
- Coverage Date
- 1946-1960
- Coverage Place
- Mopti Region, Mali
- Notes
- Geneviève Calame-Griaule ; translated from the French by Deirdre LaPin
- Translation of: Ethnologie et langage
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 695-704)
- LCCN
- 94025160
- LCSH
- Dogons (African people)