The Functions of Language in Herbalist-Client Interaction in Yoruba Traditional Medicine
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1991
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A piece of language in use or 'text' can be studied from three vantage points. While sociological, socio-linguistic or socio-psychological approach will be interested in studying the social uses of (parts of) the text or the pragmatic activities of the speaker and interpretant accompanying its production and reception, a textual approach will be more interested in analysing its linguistico-pragmatic features such as the function(s) and message(s), and a linguistic approach will most probably focus the description of form (grammar and lexis) and meaning in the text.
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Herbalist-Client interaction, Herbalist-client interaction in Yoruba traditional medicine, Communicative functions of herbalist-client text in Yoruba traditional medicine
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Adegbite, Wale (1991). The Functions of Language in Herbalist-Client Interaction in Yoruba Traditional Medicine. A Journal of West African Studies, 38.