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Author Chi Che, Christopher, 1964-

Title Kingdom of Mankon : aspects of history, language, culture, flora and fauna / Christopher Che Chi
Published Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxxv, 333 pages) : illustrations
Contents Mankon geographical location and history -- Mankon political, economic and social structure -- Mankon phonology -- Mankon orthography -- Morphology -- The proverb in Mankon -- Mankon proverbial syntax -- Functional analysis -- Stories
Summary This book is a descriptive and documentary analysis of the Mankon I-language and E-language mirrored through aspects of history, geography, flora and fauna. These aspects manifest in the taxonomic nomenclatures attributed to referents in society. Because these referents were hitherto transmitted orally from generation to generation, the author has painstakingly analysed and documented aspects of Mankon culture for posterity. The work focuses in particular on Mankon proverbs for insights into the structure and function of the language. As a vehicle of communication, language plays a primordial
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Art, Cameroonian -- Cameroon -- Mankon
Decorative arts -- Cameroon -- Mankon
HISTORY -- Africa -- Central.
Art, Cameroonian
Civilization
Decorative arts
Manners and customs
SUBJECT Mankon (Cameroon) -- Civilization
Mankon (Cameroon) -- Social life and customs
Subject Cameroon -- Mankon
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789956579747
9956579742