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Socio-Onomastic Traits In Basotho Racehorse Names
ISSN: 2617 - 0299
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Socio-Onomastic Traits In Basotho Racehorse Names
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ICC-0902
Publisher: International Journal Of Linguistics, Literature And Trans..
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IAA.ZONE/261740880299
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Abstract
Racehorse names are popularly known for being poetic and creative with loaded meaning. In a similar pattern like other names in their diverging categories, they communicate society’s experiences in which namer’s live. Generally, one way of offering the public attributes of the namer and the bearer is through naming. In This study the horse owner is the name giver while the horse is the name bearer. Positive and negative experiences of a society cannot be taken lightly: they worth documentation. One of the simple but practical ways of documenting social experiences is through naming. Naming is a social activity. This fact is evidenced by naming of entities which is done by the society. As names are the products of linguistic aspects, and they are capable of conveying a message, this study’s interest is to find out the meaning, history, culture and function behind each racehorse name. The researcher acted as a research instrument ...
