Shona sentential names
Mapara, Jacob,
Shona sentential names a brief overview / [electronic resource] : Jacob Mapara. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013. [Oxford, England] : Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective Mankon, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, [2013] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (x, 163 pages).)
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163).
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Shona names as heritage and cultural expressions -- The socio-cultural names of the Manyika -- Some Shona theophoric sentential names -- Chimurenga names -- Conclusion -- References.
This book draws on the case of the Shona and other Bantu people of Africa to argue that names are not mere identity tags. Names are an important cultural symbol of the people who give and bear them. The book challenges linguists and other social scientists to pay particular attention to the significance of names in the study of language use in society. Equally, it demonstrates the importance of names as part of the distinctive repertoire of Shona cultural heritage. Each Shona sentential name is a statement about that reality of being Shona.
9789956790784
Shona (African people)--History.--Zimbabwe
Shona (African people)--Religion.--Zimbabwe
Shona (African people)--Social life and customs.--Zimbabwe
Manyika (African people)--History.--Zimbabwe
Manyika (African people)--Religion.--Zimbabwe
Manyika (African people)--Social life and customs.--Zimbabwe
Shona language--Etymology--Names.
Names, Shona--Zimbabwe.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
DT2913.S55 / M277 2013
Shona sentential names a brief overview / [electronic resource] : Jacob Mapara. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013. [Oxford, England] : Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective Mankon, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, [2013] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (x, 163 pages).)
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163).
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Shona names as heritage and cultural expressions -- The socio-cultural names of the Manyika -- Some Shona theophoric sentential names -- Chimurenga names -- Conclusion -- References.
This book draws on the case of the Shona and other Bantu people of Africa to argue that names are not mere identity tags. Names are an important cultural symbol of the people who give and bear them. The book challenges linguists and other social scientists to pay particular attention to the significance of names in the study of language use in society. Equally, it demonstrates the importance of names as part of the distinctive repertoire of Shona cultural heritage. Each Shona sentential name is a statement about that reality of being Shona.
9789956790784
Shona (African people)--History.--Zimbabwe
Shona (African people)--Religion.--Zimbabwe
Shona (African people)--Social life and customs.--Zimbabwe
Manyika (African people)--History.--Zimbabwe
Manyika (African people)--Religion.--Zimbabwe
Manyika (African people)--Social life and customs.--Zimbabwe
Shona language--Etymology--Names.
Names, Shona--Zimbabwe.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
DT2913.S55 / M277 2013