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Publication details [#51516]

Chiluwa, Innocent. 2009. Ethno-pragmatics of Ounwa performance of the Igbo of Nigeria. Journal of multicultural discourses 4 (3) : 279–295.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

child | gender | language and culture | pragmatics | ritual

Language as a subject

Igbo

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This study shows that the Ounwa infancy rites songs of the Nigerian Igbo, generally executed by women, re-enact culturally determined gender roles, thus affirming that discourse is indeed a cultural practice, representing identity, social relationships and sociocultural experience.