An Ethiopian Minstrels' Argot
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3960302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wolf Leslau (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1952 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 102 |
| Publication date | 1952-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/594939 |
| OpenAlex | W2327177022 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
I. The characteristic feature of the argot is the deformation of the root of the general language, that is Amharic. The following precedures are used: metathesis (§3), augmentation (§4), reduplication ( § 5 ), substitution of a radical (§ 6 ), and shortening (§ 7). The argot makes restricted use of languages other than Amharic (§13fE.). The great majority of the words is taken from Amharic. iFor these words the argot makes use of dialectal expressions (§ 8), of metaphors (§ 9), expressions for the part for the whole and inversely (§10), of various related meanings (§11), and expressive words ( § 12 )
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1958 - 2018 (61) |
| Highly cited | No |