A pragmatic analysis of selected Kirundi names in relation to name-bearers
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University of Burundi
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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Memoire
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Bibliothèque Centrale | 809.635.403 NIR. (Browse shelf) | 1 | Not for loan | 5010000170141 |
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree "Licence en Langue et Littérature"anglaises"
Résumé,
The work examined the ssues concening the naming process in Burundi culture through a pragmatic analysis. ur research aimed at answering the research questions of whether the Kirundi names with positive or negative attributes exerted an influence on the name-bearers' lives.
The study was based on analysing the linguistic communication among participants in the indirect conversation in terms of communicative behaviour, by examining the Kirundi names in their context.
Kirundi names were collected from the name-bearers and classified into categories in regards to what their conveyance of intentions revealed. The speech act theory was used for the interpretation of the Kirundo names that the name-giver used to convey their messages towards their surrounding world.
The result showed that he name-giver really use names in their language use to convey their ntentions owards their surrounding world. However, the names with negative attributes are seen as a curse by the name-bearers, Kirundi names can therefore be considered as key to communicative ends. The teaching of such theories should be recommended in the University faculties to have speech community with important and rich cultural values.
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