Nyanja/Chewa proverbs as didactics: Recontextualising indigenous knowledge for academic writing

dc.contributor.authorBanda, Felix
dc.contributor.authorBanda, Dennis
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-31T08:49:01Z
dc.date.available2018-05-31T08:49:01Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe paper explores how Nyanja/Chewa proverbs as stores of indigenous knowledge can be used to teach Nyanja/Chewa morphology and grammar, and as a tool to sensitise learners on aspects of academic writing. Using systemic functional linguistics and selected Nyanja/Chewa proverbs, the researchers illustrate how the patterning and the realisation of proverbs as texts in social contexts scaffold interpersonal meanings including appraisal and attitude, and stance. In turn, the researchers argue that proverbs typically have two thematically related parts, which can be used to teach aspects of academic writing in respect to appreciation of textual cohesion and coherence in meaning making. The researchers show that proverbs are typically structured to express evidentially, absolute truth and flawless logic, all of which are characteristic of academic writing. The researchers conclude that proverbs can be used as resources in the teaching aspects of pervasive language and, critical and cognitively demanding analytical skills.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationBanda, F. & Banda, D. (2016). Nyanja/Chewa proverbs as didactics: Recontextualising indigenous knowledge for academic writing. Studies of Tribes and Tribals, 14(2): 80-91.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0972-639X
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0972639X.2016.11886735
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/3754
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0972639X.2016.11886735
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectAnalytical skillsen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous knowledge systemsen_US
dc.subjectSystemic functional linguisticsen_US
dc.subjectProverbs and academic languageen_US
dc.subjectProverbs as persuasive languageen_US
dc.titleNyanja/Chewa proverbs as didactics: Recontextualising indigenous knowledge for academic writingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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