Proverbs Attributed to Humans and Nonhumans in the Beja Language (Sudan)
The aim of this paper is to determine the social and discursive functions of Beja proverbs and the reasons why some of them are attributed to non-human enunciators. The discussion is based on oral texts of different genres (tales, poems, and proverbs) containing 214 proverbs. Animals and, more rare...
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Nordic Africa Research Network
2024-09-01
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| Series: | Nordic Journal of African Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://mail.njas.fi/njas/article/view/1207 |
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