Authors :
Amensisa Wakuma Rundassa
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 8 - August
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DOI :
10.38124/IJISRT20AUG818
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to investigate
the of proverbs in the act of conversations among the
Oromo people. Oromo proverbs were then under close
scrutiny of context, value, and syntax. In so doing, the
qualitative research method that stems from realist
ethnography was put to use so as to encapsulate its
purpose. Afterwards, the investigation was carried out
using a total of (n = 116) from the Arsi Oromo inhabited
Kersa and its vicinity in Arsi zone, Ethiopia. Of this
amount, thus, (n= 78 (67%), male; n = 38 (33%) female)
involved voluntarily. To catch up the research agenda,
purposive sampling was used as a means of selecting the
participants whereby age was a requirement. In the
quest, the research subsequently used three
instruments: participant observation, interview, and
field notes. The findings therefore hereby show that
contexts and values are embedded in proverbs though
their linguistic analysis entirely rely on scholarly
accomplishment. In these realities are explicated three
paradoxical nature of proverbs – brevity, acculturation,
and social control. At last, recommendations and
implications are given so that the outcomes of the study
will aid in the enactments.
Keywords :
context, culture, value
The purpose of this study was to investigate
the of proverbs in the act of conversations among the
Oromo people. Oromo proverbs were then under close
scrutiny of context, value, and syntax. In so doing, the
qualitative research method that stems from realist
ethnography was put to use so as to encapsulate its
purpose. Afterwards, the investigation was carried out
using a total of (n = 116) from the Arsi Oromo inhabited
Kersa and its vicinity in Arsi zone, Ethiopia. Of this
amount, thus, (n= 78 (67%), male; n = 38 (33%) female)
involved voluntarily. To catch up the research agenda,
purposive sampling was used as a means of selecting the
participants whereby age was a requirement. In the
quest, the research subsequently used three
instruments: participant observation, interview, and
field notes. The findings therefore hereby show that
contexts and values are embedded in proverbs though
their linguistic analysis entirely rely on scholarly
accomplishment. In these realities are explicated three
paradoxical nature of proverbs – brevity, acculturation,
and social control. At last, recommendations and
implications are given so that the outcomes of the study
will aid in the enactments.
Keywords :
context, culture, value
