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This scholarly book explores the transformative role of proverbs in cultural education, preservation and scholarly discourse in South Africa. It emphasises the importance of integrating indigenous African knowledge into academic spaces to support decolonisation, (re)Africanisation and transformation...

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Format: Online
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: AOSIS 2025
Fag:
African languages
African literature
African proverbs
anthropology
Chichewa
conceptual metaphor theory
conditional proverb
cultural awareness
declarative proverb
dictionary
digital humanities
English translation
ethnopragmatics
fixed expressions
functional-pragmatic model
House’s model of quality assessment
indigenous knowledge
indigenous knowledge system
indigeneous languages oral history technology
imperative proverb
isiXhosa
isiZulu
multilingual proverbs
multilingual proverbs dictionary
multilingualism
multicultural
Northern Sotho
observe/reflect model
official languages
paremiology
paremiology curriculum
proverb analysis
proverbial expressions
proverbs
proverbs teaching
quality education
reduced inequalities
semantics
semantically closed expressions
Sesotho sa Leboa
Setswana
Shona
siSwati
social justice
Soshanguvel linguistics
Sotho
South African linguistic communities
syntax
technology
translation quality assessment
Tshivenda
universal truths
Xitsonga
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFB Sociolinguistics
Online adgang:ONIX_20250908T150312_9781779953520_5
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Summary:This scholarly book explores the transformative role of proverbs in cultural education, preservation and scholarly discourse in South Africa. It emphasises the importance of integrating indigenous African knowledge into academic spaces to support decolonisation, (re)Africanisation and transformation. Proverbs are presented as tools for promoting multilingualism, multiculturalism, social cohesion and mutual respect in South Africa's diverse society. The book addresses the United Nations' (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 (quality education), SDG 5 (gender equity), SDG 9 (innovation) and SDG 10 (reduce inequality). It serves as a teaching resource for proverbs in Northern Sotho/Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, Xitsonga, isiZulu, isiXhosa, isiNdebele, siSwati and/or Tshivenḓa (Sotho, Shangaan, Nguni and Venḓa, i.e. Soshanguve), as well as Chichewa and Shona, supporting cross-cultural understanding. Grounded in a scholarly project on a multilingual proverbs dictionary, the book applies theoretical frameworks such as conceptual metaphor theory, ethnopragmatics and translation quality assessment to analyse proverbs. This interdisciplinary approach bridges linguistics, anthropology and digital humanities, offering fresh insights into the semantics and cultural significance of proverbs. The chapters in the book explore themes like proverbs in music, their intersection with patriarchy, and translation quality assessment. Targeted at scholars and experts in languages, literature, linguistics and digital humanities, the book advances the study of proverbs while fostering cultural awareness and sensitivity. It highlights the value of proverbs as linguistic and cultural assets, enriching academic and practical applications across disciplines.

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