John Bwana Siakavuba
Biographic Data
| ID | 9973050 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Bwana Siakavuba |
| GIVEN NAMES | John Bwana |
| FAMILY NAME | Siakavuba |
| SIGNATURE | SIAKAVUBA J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zambia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Kubata Maoko Register and Its Social Context Among The Shona With Some Parallels From The Valley Tonga
This article discusses the oral performance or linguistic behaviour (verbal and nonverbal) expected during a funeral when one goes to console the bereaved (kubata maoko, in Shona and kujuzya balila in Tonga cultures, respectively). It is a sociolinguistic study of the speech acts within the domain of funeral oral performances that are considered as appropriate when one consoles the bereaved. It focuses on the linguistic devices and resources that…
Our Elders Never Lie
This article seeks to explore ways through and extent to which the use of proverbs inspires confidence in the youth towards their elders in the African society in general and the Valley Tonga of Zambia and Zimbabwe in particular. The Achebean saying that ‘proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten,’ does not only point to the fact that proverbs make ordinary speech aesthetically pleasant to the ear but also that the wisdom contained the…
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Our Elders Never Lie
This article seeks to explore ways through and extent to which the use of proverbs inspires confidence in the youth towards their elders in the African society in general and the Valley Tonga of Zambia and Zimbabwe in particular. The Achebean saying that ‘proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten,’ does not only point to the fact that proverbs make ordinary speech aesthetically pleasant to the ear but also that the wisdom contained the…
The Kubata Maoko Register and Its Social Context Among The Shona With Some Parallels From The Valley Tonga
This article discusses the oral performance or linguistic behaviour (verbal and nonverbal) expected during a funeral when one goes to console the bereaved (kubata maoko, in Shona and kujuzya balila in Tonga cultures, respectively). It is a sociolinguistic study of the speech acts within the domain of funeral oral performances that are considered as appropriate when one consoles the bereaved. It focuses on the linguistic devices and resources that…
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Bantu languages (1 work) · Feeling (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · History (1 work) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (1 work) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work) · Metaphor (1 work)