Paradigm for Classical African Orature: Instrument for a Scientific Revolution?.

Knowles-Borishade, Adetokunbo F.

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Publication Date: 1991

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Paradigm for Classical African Orature: Instrument for a Scientific Revolution?

Knowles-Borishade, Adetokunbo F.

Journal of Black Studies, v21 n4 p488-500 Jun 1991

Classical African rhetoric contains five elements: a caller and a chorus validating the word; spiritual entities; the word drawn from and relevant to experience; responders; and the spiritual harmony achieved when the other elements are working together. Suggests that Black English contains structural remnants of African discourse. (CJS)

Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Blacks, Cultural Influences, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Modes, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture, Non Western Civilization, Persuasive Discourse, Religious Cultural Groups, Rhetorical Theory, Speech

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Africa; United States

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