Lexical Innovation and Mainstreaming in Igbo Indigenous Music

IF 0.5 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Language Matters Pub Date : 2020-05-03 DOI:10.1080/10228195.2020.1740299

Felicia Asadu

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Abstract

Abstract New lexical items have entered the Igbo lexicon through the indigenous music of the Igbo people. This study aims to explicate how cultural and linguistic resources are harnessed by Igbo indigenous musicians in creating new expressions to convey new ideas, and how these expressions diffuse into the mainstream lexicon of the language. A total of 19 innovated words from 10 musicians both from former and contemporary periods were used in the study. The results show that the Igbo belief system was the main basis of the created words. Such words include ákáńcháwá, bùnyém̄ úchè, élétéàghàrá, òtím̄ kpū, òkóǹgwù, and èkpèrìmà. The study also found that factors such as innovations and communication channels were responsible for the rapid diffusion of the terms and expressions into the lexicon of the language. I randomly used AntConc search and Igwe's (2001) Igbo–English dictionary to confirm that these words have diffused and become permanent additions to the mainstream lexicon.

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伊博土著音乐的词汇创新与主流化

摘要伊博族的土著音乐为伊博族词汇增添了新的词汇。本研究旨在解释伊博土著音乐家如何利用文化和语言资源创造新的表达方式来传达新的思想，以及这些表达方式如何扩散到语言的主流词汇中。该研究共使用了来自10位古代和当代音乐家的19个创新词汇。结果表明，伊博人的信仰体系是创造词语的主要基础。这些词包括akańchawa, bunyem̄uche, eleteaghara, otim̄kpū,okoǹ乔治和ekperima。该研究还发现，创新和沟通渠道等因素是这些术语和表达迅速扩散到语言词典中的原因。我随机使用AntConc搜索和Igwe(2001)的伊博英语词典来证实这些词已经扩散并成为主流词汇的永久补充。

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Language Matters Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The purpose of Language Matters is to provide a journal of international standing with a unique African flavour focusing on multilingualism in Africa. Although the journal contributes to the language debate on all African languages, sub-Saharan Africa and issues related to multilingualism in the southern African context are the journal’s specific domains. The journal seeks to promote the dissemination of ideas, points of view, teaching strategies and research on different aspects of African languages, providing a forum for discussion on the whole spectrum of language usage and debate in Africa. The journal endorses a multidisciplinary approach to the study of language and welcomes contributions not only from sociolinguists, psycholinguists and the like, but also from educationalists, language practitioners, computer analysts, engineers or scholars with a genuine interest in and contribution to the study of language. All contributions are critically reviewed by at least two referees. Although the general focus remains on multilingualism and related issues, one of the three issues of Language Matters published each year is a special thematic edition on Language Politics in Africa. These special issues embrace a wide spectrum of language matters of current relevance in Southern Africa.