The ethnopragmatics of Yoruba personal names: Language in the context of culture

While the subject of Yoruba names has been significantly explored by previous studies, this paper discusses extensively the nature of such names from an ethnopragmatic framework, with the aim of explicating how Yoruba names are formed, their various cultural contexts as well as the significant funct...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taiwo Ehineni
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Warsaw University Press 2019-12-01
Series:Studies in African Languages and Cultures
Online Access:https://salc.uw.edu.pl/index.php/SALC/article/view/257