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The Semantic Nature Of Sukuma Personal Names

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dc.contributor.author Shigini, Peter Gonga
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-04T08:18:32Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-04T08:18:32Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.citation Shigini, P. G. (2020). The Semantic Nature of Sukuma Personal Names, East African Journal of Social and Applied Sciences, 2(1), 14-21. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2714-2051
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mocu.ac.tz/xmlui/handle/123456789/258
dc.description.abstract This study aimed at providing a description of the content embodied in Sukuma names that parents give to their children. Two theories namely: the Social Learning Theory by Bandura (1997) and the Agendasetting Theory by McCombs and Shaw (1972) formed the theoretical framework of this study. The corpus of this study was 30 Sukuma personal names obtained through a series of phone calls between the researcher and five Sukuma native old men. In analysing the data and providing a description of the meanings embodied in names given to children of Sukuma origin, the study uses Discourse Analysis (DA) method. The findings reveal that some of the names given to children are loaded with contents reflecting experiences of parents prior to or during pregnancy and even at birth. The conclusion shows that names are meaning potentials; and in assigning names to their children, parents bear in mind a purpose which may be influenced by some good or bad life experiences. It is recommended that parents should think very careful when assigning names to their children as a means to tell their stories which may no longer be relevant to the referent later on in life. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher East African Journal of Social and Applied Sciences (EAJ-SAS) en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Vol.2;No.1
dc.subject Management en_US
dc.title The Semantic Nature Of Sukuma Personal Names en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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