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Metaphors of our times : the oral interrogations of sociocultural continuities and raptures created by Alec J.C. Pongweni and Emmanuel M. Chiwome.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: . no. 46 Publication details: Cape Town Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society, 2007.Description: 292 pages 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781919932736
Subject(s):
Contents:
1 - Introduction, 2 - The orature of a culture in transition: subversion and legitimation, 3 - Traditional standard shona similes, 4 - Modern standard Shona similes, 5 - Traditional Ndau similes, 6 - Modern Ndau similes, 7 - Shona proverbs, 8 - Traditional standard Shona proverbs, 9 - Modern standard Shona proverbs, 10 - Traditional Ndau proverbs, 11 - Modern Ndau proverbs, 12 - Traditional Ndau idioms, 13 - Modern Ndau idioms, 14 - Traditional standard Shona idioms, 15 - Modern standard Shona idioms, 16 - The ideophone.
Summary: This book is a collection of 3248 pithy sayings in Shona, both traditional and modern, that have compiled and listed together with English translations in individual sections for proverbs, idioms, similes and other figurative expressions. these sections correspond with the individual chapters, while Ndau sayings and expressions are listed in their own chapters, separately from the other dialects that are collectively referred to as Standard Shona.
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Book Book Main Library Open Shelf PL8681 PON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 145302 Available BK131531

Includes bibliographical references.

1 - Introduction, 2 - The orature of a culture in transition: subversion and legitimation, 3 - Traditional standard shona similes, 4 - Modern standard Shona similes, 5 - Traditional Ndau similes, 6 - Modern Ndau similes, 7 - Shona proverbs, 8 - Traditional standard Shona proverbs, 9 - Modern standard Shona proverbs, 10 - Traditional Ndau proverbs, 11 - Modern Ndau proverbs, 12 - Traditional Ndau idioms, 13 - Modern Ndau idioms, 14 - Traditional standard Shona idioms, 15 - Modern standard Shona idioms, 16 - The ideophone.

This book is a collection of 3248 pithy sayings in Shona, both traditional and modern, that have compiled and listed together with English translations in individual sections for proverbs, idioms, similes and other figurative expressions. these sections correspond with the individual chapters, while Ndau sayings and expressions are listed in their own chapters, separately from the other dialects that are collectively referred to as Standard Shona.

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