@article{jll2020425,
author={{Toudonou, Carmen and Gbaguidi, Jean Euloge},
title={Non-verbal Discourse of the Stripe in the Benin Army: Semiotic Aspects},
journal={Journal of Linguistics and Literature},
volume={4},
number={2},
pages={79--84},
year={2020},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/jll/4/2/5},
abstract={The military stripe reveals a non-verbal discourse, linked, on the one hand, to the fact that it carries an implicit message: rank, but on the other hand, because beyond this message, which is based on conventions, the stripe also carries different values that ultimately induce social logics. The present study, based on a survey conducted among soldiers of different ranks and different branches within the Benin Army, allows us to highlight the non-verbal discourse of the stripe. This discourse, hardly perceptible to the layman's eye, induces several representations including that of hierarchy, pay grade and a certain notion of class, even of family.},
doi={10.12691/jll-4-2-5}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}