A cultural-conceptual analysis of plant-related proverbs in Nzema
Proverbs are wise sayings that are built from socio-cultural experiences, including natural phenomena and objects such as plants, animals, rivers, among others. This paper focuses on plant-proverbs in Nzema, and how the imagery of plants provides basis for conceptualising human behavioural principl...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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UniorPress
2023-05-01
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Series: | Journal of African Languages and Literatures |
Online Access: | http://www.serena.unina.it/index.php/jalalit/article/view/10034 |