Abstract Language is a product of culture. Linguistic codes do not exist in isolation but are born out of socio-cultural values. The representation of these socio-cultural values may pose problems to the one writing African literature in a foreign language. Meanings of expressions, proverbs, myths and tales cannot be decoded semantically unless in their socio-cultural contexts. This study borders on the style of language employed in the creation of African literature. It analyzes the use of foreign language in depicting an aspect of African culture- proverbs. The study examines the semantic presentation of twenty Igbo proverbs into two foreign languages, alongside their pragmatic interpretations. These proverbs were selected from the Englis...
Modernity, the triptych upon which a corpus of Igbo sayings has been created, arose pari passu with ...
In most countries where English functions as a second language, it is enriched by a variety of cultu...
Chapter one deals with the aims, objectives, methodology and the structured organisation of the stud...
L'auteur s'intéresse aux problèmes des traducteurs qui travaillent avec des langues de cultur...
Proverbs are universally acknowledged as possessive of their own system of logic and have a proven a...
This paper aims at demonstrating that a better and richer analysis of a literary work can be realize...
The literary artist’s tool is language. He uses language to explain his character’s performances, ac...
Linguistic statements in local African languages (expressions drawn from local languages, genres or ...
Proverbs, described by Achebe as the oil which helps swallow the words, have always been important i...
This paper endeavours to shed some light on the issue of language and the modern African writer. The...
This paper aims to explore some intellectual wise saying from African wisdom and culture from one of...
This paper looks at Igbo proverbs and idioms in the light of the existing linguistic theories. It tr...
Longtemps considérées comme des sociétés à tradition orale, les sociétés africaines, transmettaient ...
“Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly,and proverbs are the palm-oil with wh...
In the past two decades or so, much attention has been drawn to the issue of language endangerment, ...
Modernity, the triptych upon which a corpus of Igbo sayings has been created, arose pari passu with ...
In most countries where English functions as a second language, it is enriched by a variety of cultu...
Chapter one deals with the aims, objectives, methodology and the structured organisation of the stud...
L'auteur s'intéresse aux problèmes des traducteurs qui travaillent avec des langues de cultur...
Proverbs are universally acknowledged as possessive of their own system of logic and have a proven a...
This paper aims at demonstrating that a better and richer analysis of a literary work can be realize...
The literary artist’s tool is language. He uses language to explain his character’s performances, ac...
Linguistic statements in local African languages (expressions drawn from local languages, genres or ...
Proverbs, described by Achebe as the oil which helps swallow the words, have always been important i...
This paper endeavours to shed some light on the issue of language and the modern African writer. The...
This paper aims to explore some intellectual wise saying from African wisdom and culture from one of...
This paper looks at Igbo proverbs and idioms in the light of the existing linguistic theories. It tr...
Longtemps considérées comme des sociétés à tradition orale, les sociétés africaines, transmettaient ...
“Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly,and proverbs are the palm-oil with wh...
In the past two decades or so, much attention has been drawn to the issue of language endangerment, ...
Modernity, the triptych upon which a corpus of Igbo sayings has been created, arose pari passu with ...
In most countries where English functions as a second language, it is enriched by a variety of cultu...
Chapter one deals with the aims, objectives, methodology and the structured organisation of the stud...