Shona sentential names [electronic resource] : a brief overview / Jacob Mapara.
Material type: TextPublication details: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2013. 2015); [Oxford, England] : Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective 2015); Mankon, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, [2013] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (1 PDF (x, 163 pages).)ISBN:- 9789956790784
- Shona (African people) -- Zimbabwe -- History
- Shona (African people) -- Zimbabwe -- Religion
- Shona (African people) -- Zimbabwe -- Social life and customs
- Manyika (African people) -- Zimbabwe -- History
- Manyika (African people) -- Zimbabwe -- Religion
- Manyika (African people) -- Zimbabwe -- Social life and customs
- Shona language -- Etymology -- Names
- Names, Shona -- Zimbabwe
- DT2913.S55 M277 2013
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.
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