Linguistic Taboo in African Marriage Context
The present paper is a descriptive study of a custom in Oromo culture (Ethiopia) known under the name of laguu or lagacha, which consists in avoiding mentioning the names of the persons who are relations by marriage. The topic deserves much attention as an ethnolinguistic phenomenon in the above-me...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nordic Africa Research Network
2002-06-01
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| Series: | Nordic Journal of African Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/357 |