An edition of Expression and literature (2015)

Expression and literature

common Tumbuka ideophones and their usage

Expression and literature
William Edward Songiso Mvalo, ...
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An edition of Expression and literature (2015)

Expression and literature

common Tumbuka ideophones and their usage

Tumbuka is the dominant language in the Northern Region of Malawi. It is, however, also spoken in large pockets of Kasungu District in the Central Region and also in the Eastern Province of Zambia, and in Lundazi District in particular. Tonga, spoken in Nkhatabay and Nkhotakota, is like a cousin to Tumbuka with a close resemblance in their phonetics. Like other Bantu languages, Tumbuka is very expressive, but can also be very economic in communication or use of words, and yet clearly delivering the desired message. This can be done through the use of idioms, proverbs, or ideophones. This collection is on commonly used Tumbuka ideophones, where an ideophone shall mean "a word describing a situation, or a state of affairs, or a set of actions - all in one word." It is the intention of this collection to provoke both interest in the use of ideophones as a form of expression in literature and to expound on the richness of Bantu languages.

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Mzuni Press
Language
English
Pages
169

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

In English and Tumbuka.

Published in
Mzuzu, Malawi
Series
Mzuni books -- no. 19, Mzuni books -- no. 19.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PL8749 .M83 2015

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Pagination
169 pages
Number of pages
169

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL44549960M
ISBN 10
9990802432
ISBN 13
9789990802436
LCCN
2015332074
OCLC/WorldCat
933714957

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Work ID
OL32730953W

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