Naming technique in Maphalla’s drama Tahleho

IF 0.4 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS South African Journal of African Languages Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/02572117.2023.2200456
Rethabile Possa-Mogoera
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The main objective of this article is to investigate the naming technique in Maphalla’s drama Tahleho. Naming is a very important tool used in various African cultures to convey certain messages, either to an individual, family members, or a community. The naming of various objects is linked with the socio-political factors of countries where anthroponyms and toponyms are found. Naming in literary work also plays a role in any genre. Many African authors use a certain naming technique to achieve their objective. Names are bestowed on characters with a purpose. Maphalla seems to have used a certain naming technique to develop his story. In literary works, choices of names should not be undertaken randomly but should contribute to the development of the elements of the genre. Characters are given names to show their significance in the development of plot structure, characterisation, theme, and style in literary art. This study will adopt literary onomastics, which is concerned with the significance of names in literary works to investigate the naming technique used in Tahleho. To achieve this, Maphalla’s drama Tahleho will be analysed, looking specifically at the naming of characters.
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Maphalla戏剧《Tahleho》中的命名技巧
本文的主要目的是探讨马普哈拉戏剧《塔勒霍》中的命名技巧。在各种非洲文化中,命名是一种非常重要的工具,用来向个人、家庭成员或社区传达某些信息。各种物体的命名与发现人类名称和地名的国家的社会政治因素有关。文学作品中的命名也在任何类型中发挥作用。许多非洲作家使用某种命名技术来实现他们的目标。名字是赋予有目的的人物的。Maphalla似乎使用了某种命名技术来发展他的故事。在文学作品中,名字的选择不应该是随机的,而应该有助于流派元素的发展。给人物取名字是为了显示他们在文学艺术中情节结构、人物性格、主题和风格发展中的意义。本研究将采用文学拟声学,即关注名字在文学作品中的意义,来研究《塔勒霍》中使用的命名技术。为了实现这一点,将对Maphalla的戏剧《Tahleho》进行分析,特别关注角色的命名。
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期刊介绍: The South African Journal of African Languages is a peer-reviewed research journal devoted to the advancement of African (Bantu) and Khoi-San languages and literatures. Papers, book reviews and polemic contributions of a scientific nature in any of the core areas of linguistics, both theoretical (e.g. syntax, phonology, semantics) and applied (e.g. sociolinguistic topics, language teaching, language policy), and literature, based on original research in the context of the African languages, are welcome. The journal is the official mouthpiece of the African Language Association of Southern Africa (ALASA), established in 1979.
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