Some Features of Language Use in Yoruba Traditional Medicine
Loading...
Date
1993
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
Yoruba traditional medicine (YTM) is a system which basically incorporates a four-square intersection of two pairs of terms in relation to medicine, viz. positive/negative and personal/communal. In the intersection of 'positive personal' medicine which is catered for by the data for this study, the goal is for a herbalist, or a priest of some divinity, to diagnose and treat an illness of a client or patient where the patient is a child, friend or relation of the client. Herbalists deal in various kinds of medicine though many of them may treat cases of different types, they normally have different areas of specialty e.g. gynaecology, paediatrics, traditional midwifery, orthopaedics, psychiatry etc. However, the diviners or priests are well reputed for handling complex cases that are linked to supernatural causation.
Description
Keywords
Yoruba traditional medicine, Language use in Yoruba traditional medicine, Language features of Yoruba traditional medicine texts, Structure of Yoruba Traditional Medicine texts
Citation
Adegbite, Wale (1993). Some Features of Language Use in Yoruba Traditional Medicine. African Language and Cultures, 6(1).