Big and thin; two Diola-Fogny meta-linguistic terms
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 2900968 |
|---|---|
| Autores | J David Sapir (University of Virginia, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 1975 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 1-15 |
| Data de publicação | 1975-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Editora | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404500004462 |
| OpenAlex | W2122597737 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 6 |
| Referências citadas | 4 |
The Diola-Fogny of Sénégal, West Africa, socially intuit with the meta-linguistic terms 'big' and 'thin' the tense/lax vowel contrast that is basic to their phonology. The two terms are primarily used to identify speech variation among individuals and groups. Examination revealed that speakers who made relatively greater use of vowel harmony were characterized as 'big' in contrast to others who were thought of as 'thin' speakers. The 'big'/'thin' distinction provides the Fogny with one means by which they place the speech of an individual. In addition, this meta-linguistic device either is used to express indirectly the social place of an alter vis-à-vis an ego in terms of simple sameness or difference, or, when more than two people are involved, in terms of some form of segmentary opposition. (Sénégal, meta-linguistics, social interaction, phonology
Contrast (vision) · Linguistics · Opposition (politics) · Phonology · Political science · Sociology · Vowel · Vowel harmony · Computer Science · Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies · Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Psychology
| Obras citantes distintas | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citações por ano | 0,12 |
| Intervalo de citações | 1977 - 2023 (47) |
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 4 |