Original scientific paper
Proverbs and Modernity: Taking the Proverbs Out of the Mouth of the Elders
Iyabode Omolara Akewo Daniel
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APA 6th Edition
Omolara Akewo Daniel, I. (2016). Proverbs and Modernity: Taking the Proverbs Out of the Mouth of the Elders. Proverbium, 33 (1), 67-84. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/278305
MLA 8th Edition
Omolara Akewo Daniel, Iyabode. "Proverbs and Modernity: Taking the Proverbs Out of the Mouth of the Elders." Proverbium, vol. 33, no. 1, 2016, pp. 67-84. https://hrcak.srce.hr/278305. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Omolara Akewo Daniel, Iyabode. "Proverbs and Modernity: Taking the Proverbs Out of the Mouth of the Elders." Proverbium 33, no. 1 (2016): 67-84. https://hrcak.srce.hr/278305
Harvard
Omolara Akewo Daniel, I. (2016). 'Proverbs and Modernity: Taking the Proverbs Out of the Mouth of the Elders', Proverbium, 33(1), pp. 67-84. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/278305 (Accessed 12 September 2024)
Vancouver
Omolara Akewo Daniel I. Proverbs and Modernity: Taking the Proverbs Out of the Mouth of the Elders. Proverbium [Internet]. 2016 [cited 2024 September 12];33(1):67-84. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/278305
IEEE
I. Omolara Akewo Daniel, "Proverbs and Modernity: Taking the Proverbs Out of the Mouth of the Elders", Proverbium, vol.33, no. 1, pp. 67-84, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/278305. [Accessed: 12 September 2024]
Abstract
Proverbs have usually been considered the preserve of the elders in the society because they are seen as the repository of the wisdom of the race. However, the creativity that comes with the youthful incursion into proverbial expression is not considered a serious communicative occurrence in Nigeria. This paper thus investigates the use of proverbs as a sign of communicative creativity by the youth as well as linguistic dynamism. Ethnographic and linguistic instruments were employed in investigating different proverbs from a Nigerian language, Yoruba. The original proverbs and their post-proverbial forms were presented and the essence of modern adaptation as a feature of linguistic dynamism as well as communicative creativity were presented. It is argued that this linguistic posturing exposes the communicative dynamism that exists in Nigerian languages to fit into the postmodern con-text and relevance of proverbs in the twenty-first century world of the Nigerian society.
Keywords
Proverbs; Post-proverbials; Youths; Communicative creativity; Modernity; Linguistic dynamism
Hrčak ID:
278305
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/278305
Publication date:
31.8.2016.
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