Riddling among the Dagbamba

Rashid, M. A.

dc.contributor.author	Rashid, M. A.
dc.date.accessioned	2024-06-20T13:00:13Z
dc.date.available	2024-06-20T13:00:13Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.uri	http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/3546
dc.description	A Thesis presented to the Department of GUR-GONJA of the FACULTY OF GHANAIAN LANGUAGES EDUCATION, Submitted to the School Of Research and Graduate Studies, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY in Ghanaian Language Studies AUGUST, 2017.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This study discusses Riddling (Salinlɔha) among the Dagbamba in the Northern Region of Ghana. The study shows that the Dagbamba riddle has the antecedent and a response and an opening formula as the basic structure. It is also shown that there may be a semantic fit or mismatch with the relationship between the antecedent and the response. There are three types of Dagbamba riddles; these include the simple riddle, the tone riddle and the song riddle. The song riddle is peculiar because, apart from it been sang as a song, it is also accompanied with gestures and dance during its enactment. It is also revealed that the Dagbamba riddle has various stylistic properties which include alliteration, metaphor, parallelism, imagery, ideophones, symbolism, personification, repetition, pilling or linking, assonance and also violates social norms.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Education, Winneba	en_US
dc.subject	Riddling	en_US
dc.subject	Dagbamba	en_US
dc.subject	Ghana	en_US
dc.title	Riddling among the Dagbamba	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US