THE PRAGMATICS IMPORT OF ‘CHILD’ IN YORÙBÁ
PROVERBS

dc.creator	Oyero, Olusola
dc.date	2013
dc.date.accessioned	2025-03-27T15:59:35Z
dc.description	The rights of the child are central to sustainable development (Oyero, 2010): that is why the World Commission on Environment and Development (1987: 46) says that sustainable development is meeting “the [human] needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Efforts have therefore been made by various nations, Nigeria included, to galvanise support for the rights of the child. In this paper, we look at the language of a section of the Nigerian population – the Yorùbá – with the aim of understanding their cultural disposition to ‘the child’ and the implications it portends for the sustenance of the rights of the child. Drawing from speech analysis and symbolic interaction theories, proverbs were collected from individuals, the elderly in particular, who are knowledgeable about Yorùbá proverbs for analysis. We found out that the Yorùbá have basic child rights tenets entrenched in their practices, thus brightening the hope for the sustenance of children’s rights among them.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.identifier	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/3594/
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/32543
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	University of Fort Hare, South Africa
dc.subject	H Social Sciences (General)
dc.title	THE PRAGMATICS IMPORT OF ‘CHILD’ IN YORÙBÁ PROVERBS
dc.type	Article

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