ENGLISH

Communicating with Quotes: The Igbo Case

By Joyce Penfield

Book information

Publisher
Greenwood Press
Year
1983
ISBN
0313237670, 9780313237676
LCC
PN6519.I33 P46 1983
Open Library ID
OL3495618M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1167396 bytes)
Series
Contributions in Intercultural and Comparative Studies
Pages
152\152
DPI
300
Time added
2011-01-23 12:00:00

Description

The use of quotations or proverbs to convey a message is an important communication technique in the Igbo society of southeastern Nigeria. Penfield contends that there are few, if any, satisfactory ethnographic investigations of where, why, how, and by whom or among whom proverbs are used, and the range of interactional situations in which they are used. Such a study, Penfield believes, would reveal the significant patterns and values of a particular society, and suggest concepts that would be useful in developing a general theory of quoting behavior and the use of proverbs.

Similar books