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Nuer modes of address

This article describes different ways in which persons are addressed among the Nilotic Nuer of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The forms of address described are all employed in salutations. Names and titles of address symbolize a man’s social position in relation to the people around him. Notes.

Title: Nuer modes of address
Author: Evans-Pritchard, E.E.
Book title: The position of women in primitive societies and other essays in social anthropology
Year: 1965
Pages: 197-204
Language: English
Geographic term: Sudan
Abstract: This article describes different ways in which persons are addressed among the Nilotic Nuer of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The forms of address described are all employed in salutations. Names and titles of address symbolize a man’s social position in relation to the people around him. Notes.