Publications

Publication details [#44183]

Odebunmi, Akin. 2006. A pragmatic reading of Ahmed Yerima's proverbs in Yemoja, Attahiru, and Dry Leaves on Ukan Trees. Intercultural Pragmatics 3 (2) : 153–169.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

drama | pragmatic interpretation | proverb

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IPRG/html

Annotation

This study examines proverbs in three recent dramas by the Nigerian playwright Ahmed Yerima, viz. Attahiru (1999), Dry Leaves on Ukan Trees (2001), and Yemoja (2002), from the perspective of pragmatic acting.