Akan And Hebrew Proverbs on Poverty: Metaphoric Conceptualisation
This paper examines the metaphorical structure of poverty in Akan (a West African language) and Hebrew (a Semitic language) within the framework of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory. The study explores how poverty is expressed in the Biblical Book of Proverbs and compares the conceptualization of pover...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Department for the Study of Religions, University of Ghana
2024
|
| In: |
Ghana journal of religion and theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-72 |
| Further subjects: | B
Poverty
B Akan B Conceptual Metaphor Theory B Old Testament B Metaphor |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | This paper examines the metaphorical structure of poverty in Akan (a West African language) and Hebrew (a Semitic language) within the framework of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory. The study explores how poverty is expressed in the Biblical Book of Proverbs and compares the conceptualization of poverty by the Akan people in their proverbs to those in Hebrew. The aim is to establish whether the two languages manifest cross-linguistic or cross-conceptual similarities concerning understanding poverty. The data reveal similarities between Akan and Hebrew concerning the metaphoric conceptualization of poverty. |
|---|---|
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ghana journal of religion and theology
|