A Postcolonial Insight into African Onomastics in Europhone Translation: A study of D. O. Fagunwa’s Selected Yoruba Narrative Names
Most African names have sociocultural identities, which convey thoughts, traditions, fortunes, conditions, histories, and other features. Translating African indigenous names from Yoruba into French and English transcends Saussure’s postulation of signified–signifier arbitrariness (Saussure,1975). ...
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Main Author: | Damola E. Adeyefa |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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LibraryPress@UF
2022-07-01
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Series: | Yoruba Studies Review |
Online Access: | https://ojs.test.flvc.org/ysr/article/view/131435 |
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