Yoruba Proverbs and the Dress Sense of Lagos Islanders
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Abstract
In Sociolinguistics, it is stated that language is the bearer of culture. Of all linguistic units, proverbs seem to be the ones which mostly reflect the culture of a given community. Yoruba proverbs with their rich images and metaphors reflect the style, fashion and dress sense of the Yoruba society at large and indeed that of the Lagosians of Lagos Island. Based on ethnographic linguistic research, this paper exposes the interrelation of Yoruba proverbs that portray fashion, style and dressing and the dress sense of those Lagosians through a descriptive method analysing selected Yoruba proverbs.
The findings reveal that a good number of dress/fashion-related proverbs portray good character, known as 'Ọmọlúàbí', as more valuable than dressing and physical appearance in Yoruba culture.
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