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- Title
Metaphorical Euphemisms in Ekegusii Circumcision Songs.
- Authors
Nyarumba, Duncan Moraba; Mudogo, Benard; Mandillah, Lucy
- Abstract
Circumcision as a cultural rite among the AkeGusii speakers involves the use of language that is loaded with sexual connotations. However, there are situations where people are afraid or ashamed of using words or phrases that may be unpleasant, offensive, or even taboo. The purpose of this paper is to explore how such expressions are metaphorically structured for cultural communicative purposes in EkeGusii circumcision songs within the framework of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). A combined method of elicitation of native EkeGusii respondents and researcher's native speaker's intuition was used to collect culture-specific metaphorical euphemisms. The Metaphor Identification Procedure (MIP) was utilized to find out whether the lexical items collected were metaphorical. Thereafter, we employed a descriptive research design to analyse the collected data. The findings revealed that during circumcision songs, euphemisms were conceptualized through the singers' basic experiences such as organisms, objects and state or conditions. The outcome of the study demonstrates that speakers make use of their knowledge of the abovesurrounding physical domains in their understanding of abstract concepts.
- Subjects
CIRCUMCISION; TABOO; EUPHEMISM; NATIVE language; SONGS; RITES &; ceremonies
- Publication
Journal of African Languages & Literary Studies (JoALLS), 2024, Vol 5, Issue 1, p69
- ISSN
2633-2108
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31920/2633-2116/2024/v5n1a4