Abstract Wolof is the main vernacular language of Senegal, where it also used as a vehicular language. This language belongs to the North branch of the Atlantic family where it seems relatively isolated. Wolof shares with Atlantic languages a noun class system, (remnants of) consonant alternation and a large inventory of derivational ...
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Listening as Self‐Positioning: Revisiting Inoue's Psychoanalytic Approach to the Listening Subject
Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 29, Issue 5, Page 376-381, November 2025.
Tsung‐Lun Alan Wan
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Sufi Oral Narrative In Wolof At The Crossroads Of Literature, Linguistics, And Language Pedagogy [PDF]
Akofena: Narratives has always been essential to human experience. From ancient myths and legends to the present day, our world has never been free of narrative.
Seck MAMARAME
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LidilThis study focuses on concepts found in constitutional law, and which appear throughout our corpus of work: the Senegalese Constitution. We propose a terminological analysis of the Wolof translation (Wolof is a vehicular language in Senegal) of this text,
Abibatou Diagne
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Les expériences émotionnelles basiques et leurs expressions en wolof
Linguistique et Langues AfricainesThis paper analyzes the expression of sept basic emotions – pleasantness, joy (and satisfaction), enthusiasm as well as disgust, sadness, fear and anger (and dissatisfaction) – in Wolof, an Atlantic language spoken in Senegal.
Loïc-Michel Perrin
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The experience of maternal mental distress in The Gambia: A qualitative study identifying idioms of distress, perceptions of contributing factors and the supporting role of existing cultural practices. [PDF]
PLOS Glob Public Health, 2023 Sanfilippo KRM +5 more
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La question de la traduction en littérature orale
FlammeLa question de la traduction demeure la clé de voûte de la méthodologie de la recherche en littérature africaine orale. L’Afrique dite noire a connu un usage restreint de l’écriture ; par conséquent, l’ouverture à l’oral conditionne la vulgarisation de ...
Modou Fatah THIAM
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Towards a theory of morphosyntactic focus marking. [PDF]
Nat Lang Linguist Theory, 2023 Assmann M +3 more
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Some morphonological phenomenons in suffixations of wolof language
Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN, 2010 In this article are described morphonological modifications of vowels and consonants sound in wolof language (North-Atlantic branch of Niger-Congo family) in process of words formation of nouns and verbs by suffixations.
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Digital privacy is a sexual health necessity: a community-engaged qualitative study of virtual sex work and digital autonomy in Senegal. [PDF]
Sex Reprod Health Matters, 2023 Friend J.
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