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Publication details [#39126]

Agyekum, Kofi. 2004. Ntam ‘reminiscential oath’ taboo in Akan. Language in Society 33 (3) : 317–342.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

context | language use | taboo

Language as a subject

Akan

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper reviews the types of ntam ‘reminiscential oaths’ with statutory force among the Akan of Ghana, their structure and the contexts for their use.