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African Onomastics: Animal Psychology and Zoonyms in the Cognomen of the Alaafin of Oyo

This study extracts some zoonyms from the cognomen of the Alaafin (Owner of the palace) of Oyo, Nigeria to demonstrate their cultural cum extralinguistic consequence among the Yoruba. Traditionally, Alaafin is the titular name for a paramount ruler among Oyo people. He is an offspring of Oduduwa and has a plethora of cognomens with which he is praised. They are performed by his royal chanters and queens who commemorate his and forebears' accomplishments through songs, recitations, and chants. Our data comprised ten (10) purposively selected zoonyms from a recording of the Alaafin's cognomen. M…

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Source	OpenAlex research
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	Neliti
Date	2019-01-01
Type	article
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African Onomastics: Animal Psychology and Zoonyms in the Cognomen of the Alaafin of Oyo. OpenAlex research, 2019. Vero Archive, record openalex:W7132453277.