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Mchongoano and the ethnography of communication

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: This paper is an attempt to give an ethnographic description ofmchongoano in order to understand how it achieves its objectives.Mchongoano is a verbal duelling game popular with young people in Kenyabut also appreciated by many adults for its humorous content. It has beencompared to the American dozens and sounds (Githinji, 2006, 2007; Kihara& Schröder, 2012). This article analyses mchongoano with specificreference to the Ethnography-of-Communication framework first proposedby Dell Hymes (1974) and represented by the mnemonic acronymSPEAKING. The description and analyses of mchongoano offered in thispaper show that mchongoano is a communicative event in its own right.

Source: The University of Nairobi Journal of Language and Linguistics

DOI: 10.66563/uonjll.v4i0.1677

Author: Claudius Patrick Kihara

Language: English

Topic: Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2256366286

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Cites: 16

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