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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Main Authors: Mohammed Yakub, Charles Owu-Ewie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UniorPress 2023-05-01
Series:Journal of African Languages and Literatures
Online Access:http://www.serena.unina.it/index.php/jalalit/article/view/10034