Shona sentential names
Subtitle: a brief overview
By: Jacob Mapara
Publisher: Langaa Research & Publishing CIG
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Mankon, Bamenda [Cameroon]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9789956790753
Subjects: Shona Names; Shona language; Etymology; Names; Manyika (African people); Social life and customs; Religion; History; Shona (African people)
Description: This book draws on the case of the Shona and other Bantu people of Africa to argue that names are not mere identity tags. Names are an important cultural symbol of the people who give and bear them. The book challenges linguists and other social scientists to pay particular attention to the significance of names in the study of language use in society. Equally, it demonstrates the importance of names as part of the distinctive repertoire of Shona cultural heritage. Each Shona sentential name is a statement about that reality of being Shona.
Notes: LC copy signed by author.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-163).