The Myth of “Cry Wolof”: The Wolof Provenance of African American Language
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DOI: 10.1177/0021934717701418
Abstract: The term “Cry Wolof” is a disparaging catchphrase first introduced by U.S. linguist Laurence Horn as a dismissal of Wolof etymologies in African American language. The cogency of this catchphrase is largely dependent on the… read more here.
Keywords: wolof; american language; etymology; cry wolof ... See more keywords