Dagara Proverbs: Language in Africa--Volume 25

This book highlights proverbs and their use in the African language Dgr. E.g.: sounds and orthography; etymology and definition Z?VkpNBr; types, creation and use of proverbs; background and method of collection of proverbs. As a background, it shows differences in expression of thought; geographical and historical aspects; religious and mystical beliefs; habits and social attitudes, training and education; respect, tolerance and reciprocity; gender relationships. Other literary and linguistic aspects, include metaphor, personification, metonymy, synecdoche, irony, innuendo, paradox, antithesis, onomatopoeia, paronomasia, epigram, repetition, rhyming, alliteration, comparatives, contradiction, simile, climax, hyperbole, parody, phonetic, sound system, syntax, language . The corpus of proverbs: accountability, activity, destiny, eating habits, family, general world view, human nature, human relations, judgement and power.