Vol. 46 No. 3 (1998)
Research Article

Akan Death-Prevention Names: A Pragmatic and Structural Analysis

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  • Samuel Gyasi Obeng
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.1998.46.3.163

Published 1998-09-01

Copyright (c) 1998 Maney

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Abstract

Abstract

This paper discusses the content and types of Akan death-prevention names. It provides a structural linguistic analysis of the morphology of these names and presents a socio- and ethnolingustic account of the death-prevention names as they function within Akan communication: Thepaper also classifies the names according to their structures. Death-prevention names are shown to be meaningful and to refer to the lives of both their bearers and the name-givers.

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