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Cultural values and the pragmatic significance of proverbial sayings in Tafi and Ewe

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Published in 2021 at "Journal of Pragmatics"

DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2021.03.013

Abstract: Abstract Proverbs have cognitive and socio-cultural value. As tools for socialisation, proverbs are channels of shared moral and cultural values in communities of practice. The paper investigates the functions of, and the cultural values embodied… read more here.

Keywords: tafi ewe; sayings tafi; cultural values; values pragmatic ... See more keywords