Book
The proverb in the context of Akan rhetoric: a theory of proverb praxis
P. Lang • Bern • Published In 1989 • Pages: 313
By: Yankah, Kwesi.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an excellent study on proverbs and their use in Akan society. Proverbs are widely used: in everyday conversation, popular songs, games, contests, sermons, and court oratory. Yankah gives examples of all of these uses. A native Akan speaker, he argues that proverb meaning is dependent on context and usage, or as the Akan say, ‘Without sleep there is no dream; without discourse there is no proverb.’ He examines proverb use with respect to styles, performance, creativity, and authorship. He discusses how proverbs are registered as mementos and kept on a string by proverb custodians.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sociolinguistics
- Semantics
- Verbal arts
- Oratory
- Texts in the speaker's language
- Texts translated into english
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Akan
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ;1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1979-1984
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1979-1984
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ghana
- NotesAdditional notes
- Kwesi Yankah
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89151438
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Akan (African people)